Gentoo Linux: CVE-2007-5191: util-linux: Local privilege escalation
7
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
10/04/2007
07/25/2018
10/30/2017
11/06/2020
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.
Solution(s)
- gentoo-linux-upgrade-sys-apps-util-linux
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