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CVE-2007-5964 Details

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 gain privileges via a setuid program on a remote NFS server.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://osvdb.org/40441	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=409701	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410031	CVE	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/28052	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28097	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28456	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019087	CVE
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10158	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00474.html	CVE
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00549.html	CVE
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1128.html	CVE
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1129.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26841	CVE
http://osvdb.org/40441	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=409701	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=410031	[email protected]	Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/28052	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28097	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28456	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019087	[email protected]
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10158	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00474.html	[email protected]
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00549.html	[email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1128.html	[email protected]
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-1129.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26841	[email protected]

see all 28 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-16	Configuration	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
redhat enterprise linux	5.0
CPE cpe:2.3:o:redhat:enterprise_linux:5.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

6 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 23, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Sep 29, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 13, 2007	Initial Analysis	[email protected]