01 Record
CVE-2007-6285
The default configuration for autofs 5 (autofs5) in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, does not specify the nodev mount option for the -hosts map, which allows
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The default configuration for autofs 5 (autofs5) in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, does not specify the nodev mount option for the -hosts map, which allows
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
- 0.35% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 28.9% 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
- 2007-12-20 22:00Z18 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-07 16:02Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2007-12-10
- 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
- e5d0150b9b494b9e4793960ec25b767d11ff4f872f25c843d7113404547176dc
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-4707https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00726.html
- osvdb.org40442http://osvdb.org/40442
- www.redhat.comFEDORA-2007-4709https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00732.html
- secunia.com28168http://secunia.com/advisories/28168
- secunia.com28456http://secunia.com/advisories/28456
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1177http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1177.html
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comautofs-hostsmap-weak-securtiy(39188)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39188
- oval.cisecurity.orgoval:org.mitre.oval:def:11457https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11457
- rhn.redhat.comRHSA-2007:1176http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1176.html
- securitytracker.com1019137http://securitytracker.com/id?1019137
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426218
- www.securityfocus.com26970http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26970
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2008:009http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009
- secunia.com28156http://secunia.com/advisories/28156