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CVE Reference: CVE-2007-5191

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Original Page at CVE MITRE:
CVE-2007-5191

Description:
mount and umount in util-linux and loop-aes-utils call the setuid and setgid functions in the wrong order and do not check the return values, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via helpers such as mount.nfs.

CVE Status:
Candidate

References:

UBUNTU
  http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-533-1

SUSE
  http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html

ST
  1018782

SAID
  Secunia Advisory: SA27687
  Secunia Advisory: SA27354
  Secunia Advisory: SA27283
  Secunia Advisory: SA27122
  Secunia Advisory: SA27188
  Secunia Advisory: SA27104
  Secunia Advisory: SA27145
  Secunia Advisory: SA27399
  Secunia Advisory: SA28348
  Secunia Advisory: SA28349
  Secunia Advisory: SA28368
  Secunia Advisory: SA28469

REDHAT
  http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0969.html

MLIST
  http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html

MANDRIVA
  http://frontal2.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:198

GENTOO
  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-18.xml

FEDORA

DEBIAN
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1449
  http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1450

CONFIRM
  http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195390
  http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html
  http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-023.htm
  http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git;a=commit;h=ebbeb2c7ac1b00b6083905957837a271e80b187e

BUGTRAQ
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded
  http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded

BID
  25973


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