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Fedora 7 : autofs-5.0.1-29 (2007-4469)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 29713
Synopsis
The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.Description
- Thu Dec 13 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-29- Bug 421351: CVE-2007-5964 autofs defaults don't restrict suid in /net [f7]
- use mount option 'nosuid' for '-hosts' map unless 'suid' is explicily specified.
- Wed Sep 5 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-28
- add ldaps support (required by schema discovery).
- add back LDAP schema discovery if no schema is configured.
- Tue Aug 28 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-26
- fix 'nosymlink' option handling and add desription to man page.
- update patch to prevent failure on empty master map.
- if there's no 'automount' entry in nsswitch.conf use 'files' source.
- add LDAP schema discovery if no schema is configured.
- Tue Aug 21 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-25
- change random multiple server selection option name to be consistent with upstream naming.
- Tue Aug 21 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-24
- don't fail on empty master map.
- allow for older schemas that allow '*' as a key value.
- add support for the '%' hack for case insensitive attribute schemas.
- Mon Jul 30 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-23
- mark map instances stale so they aren't 'cleaned' during updates.
- fix large file compile time option.
- Fri Jul 27 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-22
- fix version passed to get_supported_ver_and_cost (bz 249574).
- Tue Jul 24 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-21
- fix parse confusion between attribute and attribute value.
- Fri Jul 20 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-20
- fix handling of quoted slash alone (bz 248943).
- Wed Jul 18 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-19
- fix wait time resolution in alarm and state queue handlers (bz 247711).
- Mon Jul 16 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-18
- correct man page of patch which added mount options append control.
- Mon Jul 16 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-17
- fix mount point directory creation for bind mounts.
- add quoting for exports gathered by hosts map.
- Thu Jun 7 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-13
- fix deadlock in alarm manager module.
- Sun Jun 3 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-11
- correct mistake in logic test in wildcard lookup.
- Mon May 7 2007 Ian Kent <ikent at redhat.com> - 5.0.1-10
- fix master map lexer to admit '.' in macro values.
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
Update the affected autofs and / or autofs-debuginfo packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 29713
File Name: fedora_2007-4469.nasl
Version: 1.17
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Fedora Local Security Checks
Published: 12/17/2007
Updated: 1/11/2021
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.9
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:7, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:autofs-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:autofs
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 12/15/2007
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2007
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2007-5964
BID: 26841