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ELSA-2007-1128 Important: Enterprise Linux autofs security update

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ELSA-2007-1128 Important: Enterprise Linux autofs security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/13/2007
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/20/2011
Modified
04/11/2019

Description

The default configuration of autofs 5 in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5, omits the nosuid option for the hosts (/net filesystem) map, which allows local users to gain privileges via a setuid program on a remote NFS server.

Solution(s)

  • oracle-linux-upgrade-autofs

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