CVE-2007-4135
The NFSv4 ID mapper (nfsidmap) before 0.17 does not properly handle return values from the getpwnam_r function when performing a username lookup, which can cause it to report a file as being owned by
02 Description
The NFSv4 ID mapper (nfsidmap) before 0.17 does not properly handle return values from the getpwnam_r function when performing a username lookup, which can cause it to report a file as being owned by
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.34% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 27.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2007-09-05 01:00Z19 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 14:46Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-08-02
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bbb388f59e3dbfd71ab3d1b8b89027ffe475936e772118e4120043f83d973450
05 Affected products
06 References
- secunia.com27043http://secunia.com/advisories/27043
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:9864https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9864
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:0951http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0951.html
- www.novell.comSUSE-SR:2007:018http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html
- www.securityfocus.com26767http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26767
- www.mandriva.comMDKSA-2007:240http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:240
- osvdb.org45825http://osvdb.org/45825
- secunia.com26674http://secunia.com/advisories/26674
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comnfsv4-idmapper-uid-unspecified(36396)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36396
07 Fixed in
Debian 11
- libnfsidmap Fixed in 0.18-0
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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