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.
Affected products
Version statuses are supplied by the assigning organization. Consult the original record for detailed ranges and platform conditions.
n/a n/a
n/aaffected
References
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-533-1 ↗
- https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1757 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27145 ↗
- http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195390 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27122 ↗
- http://frontal2.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:198 ↗
- http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ebbeb2c7ac1b00b6083905957837a271e80b187e ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28349 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1449 ↗
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1450 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27104 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27283 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27354 ↗
- http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28469 ↗
- http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-18.xml ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28348 ↗
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018782 ↗
- https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00144.html ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27687 ↗
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=320041 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28368 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27399 ↗
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10101 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25973 ↗
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27188 ↗
- http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-023.htm ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3417 ↗
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0969.html ↗
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html ↗
- http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html ↗
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064 ↗
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded ↗