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CVE-2011-2709 Details

Description

libgssapi and libgssglue before 0.4 do not properly check privileges, which allows local users to load untrusted configuration files and execute arbitrary code via the GSSAPI_MECH_CONF environment variable, as demonstrated using mount.nfs.

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://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082072.html	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082297.html	CVE
http://lwn.net/Alerts/449415/	CVE
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/45075	CVE	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50785	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/50973	CVE
http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz	CVE	Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/21/3	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/4	CVE
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/10	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48490	CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082072.html	[email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082297.html	[email protected]
http://lwn.net/Alerts/449415/	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/45075	[email protected]	Vendor Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/50785	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/50973	[email protected]
http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz	[email protected]	Patch
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/21/3	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/4	[email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/10	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48490	[email protected]

see all 24 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-264	Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
umich libgssglue	<= 0.3 0.1 0.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:umich:libgssglue:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:umich:libgssglue:0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:umich:libgssglue:0.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
umich libgssapi	<= 0.3 0.1 0.2
CPE cpe:2.3:a:umich:libgssapi:::::::: cpe:2.3:a:umich:libgssapi:0.1:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:umich:libgssapi:0.2:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 22, 2012	Initial Analysis	[email protected]