CVE-2007-5964
The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for the hosts (/net filesystem) map, which allows local users to
02 Description
The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for the hosts (/net filesystem) map, which allows local users to
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
- 0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 41.0% 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
- Important. 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
- 2007-12-13 18:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 15:47Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-11-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- b1173885e8af07df142542173d2598da4554882666f7dd5c890e3cbf786ef8dd
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1129http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1129.html
- www.securityfocus.com26841http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26841
- secunia.com28052http://secunia.com/advisories/28052
- secunia.com28456http://secunia.com/advisories/28456
- osvdb.org40441http://osvdb.org/40441
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=409701
- www.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1128http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1128.html
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:10158https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10158
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-4532https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00549.html
- securitytracker.com1019087http://securitytracker.com/id?1019087
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:009http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009
- secunia.com28097http://secunia.com/advisories/28097
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-4469https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00474.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410031
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- autofs Fixed in 3.1.4-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- autofs Fixed in 3.1.4-8
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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