National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-2709

Overview

libgssapi and libgssglue before 0.4 do not properly check privileges, which allows local users to load untrusted configuration files and execute arbitrary code via the GSSAPI_MECH_CONF environment variable, as demonstrated using mount.nfs.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz

External Source: MISC

Name: https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598

Hyperlink:https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598

External Source: BID

Name: 48490

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48490

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110812 Re: CVE Request -- libgssapi, libgssglue -- Ability to load untrusted configuration file, when loading GSS mechanisms and their definitions during initialization

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/10

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110722 Re: CVE Request -- libgssapi, libgssglue -- Ability to load untrusted configuration file, when loading GSS mechanisms and their definitions during initialization

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/4

External Source: MLIST

Name: [oss-security] 20110721 CVE Request -- libgssapi, libgssglue -- Ability to load untrusted configuration file, when loading GSS mechanisms and their definitions during initialization

Hyperlink:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/21/3

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50973

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50973

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 50785

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/50785

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 45075

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/45075

External Source: SUSE

Name: SUSE-SU-2011:0696

Hyperlink:http://lwn.net/Alerts/449415/

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-7971

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082297.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-8067

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082072.html