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CVE-2007-5191
critical
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.
References
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-October/msg00144.html
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10101
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=320041
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0064
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/3417
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0001.html
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-533-1
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018782
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25973
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/486859/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/485936/100/0/threaded
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0969.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1450
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1449
http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2008-023.htm
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200710-18.xml
http://secunia.com/advisories/28469
http://secunia.com/advisories/28368
http://secunia.com/advisories/28349
http://secunia.com/advisories/28348
http://secunia.com/advisories/27687
http://secunia.com/advisories/27399
http://secunia.com/advisories/27354
http://secunia.com/advisories/27283
http://secunia.com/advisories/27188
http://secunia.com/advisories/27145
http://secunia.com/advisories/27122
http://secunia.com/advisories/27104
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.html
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:198