RHSA-2005:371

Vulnerability from csaf_redhat - Published: 2005-05-17 14:34 - Updated: 2025-11-21 17:28
Summary
Red Hat Security Advisory: ncpfs security update
Severity
Moderate
Notes
Topic: An updated ncpfs package is now available. This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.
Details: Ncpfs is a file system that understands the Novell NetWare(TM) NCP protocol. A bug was found in the way ncpfs handled file permissions. ncpfs did not sufficiently check if the file owner matched the user attempting to access the file, potentially violating the file permissions. The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2005-0013 to this issue. All users of ncpfs are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains backported fixes for this issue.
Terms of Use: This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). If you distribute this content, or a modified version of it, you must provide attribution to Red Hat Inc. and provide a link to the original.
CVE-2005-0013

nwclient.c in ncpfs before 2.2.6 does not drop root privileges before executing utilities using the NetWare client functions, which allows local users to gain privileges.

Affected products
Product Identifier Version Remediation
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (Advanced Server) version 2.1
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::as —
Vendor Fix fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 2.1
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::es —
Vendor Fix fix
Red Hat Linux Advanced Workstation 2.1
Red Hat / Red Hat Enterprise Linux
 cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:2.1::aw —
Vendor Fix fix
Threats
Impact Moderate
References
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