CVE-2007-6285 (GCVE-0-2007-6285)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2007-12-20 22:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 16:02
VLAI?
Summary
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 local users to access "important devices" by operating a remote NFS server and creating special device files on that server, as demonstrated by the /dev/mem device.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://osvdb.org/40442 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://secunia.com/advisories/28168 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/28456 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1177.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/def… vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVAL
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1176.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://securitytracker.com/id?1019137 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426218 x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26970 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
http://secunia.com/advisories/28156 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
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