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CVE-2011-2709

Date: June 21, 2012

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.

Severity Score

Related Resources (15)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2709
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/4
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2709
http://secunia.com/advisories/50973
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/21/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/50785
http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082072.html
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082297.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/45075
http://lwn.net/Alerts/449415/
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48490
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2011-2709

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control

CWE-264

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): HIGH
Availability (A): HIGH

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC): HIGH
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): COMPLETE
Integrity (I): COMPLETE
Availability (A): COMPLETE
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