CVE-2008-3970

Impact

pam_mount 0.10 through 0.45, when luserconf is enabled, does not verify mountpoint and source ownership before mounting a user-defined volume, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions via a local mount.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://dev.medozas.de/gitweb.cgi?p=pam_mount%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=33b91d7659ae3aa78b1e94fd3f8e545ae5ff25db
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html
• http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=alpine.LNX.1.10.0809042353120.17569%40fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr&forum_name=pam-mount-user
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=624240
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:208
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/06/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/12
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31041
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44960
• http://dev.medozas.de/gitweb.cgi?p=pam_mount%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=33b91d7659ae3aa78b1e94fd3f8e545ae5ff25db
• http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-09/msg00005.html
• http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_name=alpine.LNX.1.10.0809042353120.17569%40fbirervta.pbzchgretzou.qr&forum_name=pam-mount-user
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=624240
• http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:208
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/06/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2008/09/09/12
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31041
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44960