CVE-2011-2709

Description

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.

References

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

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

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

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

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

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

http://secunia.com/advisories/50973

http://secunia.com/advisories/50785

http://secunia.com/advisories/45075

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

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

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

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3