CVE-2011-2709

Impact

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.

Affected products

Weakness classification

References

• NVD record
• CVE.org record
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082072.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082297.html
• http://lwn.net/Alerts/449415/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/45075
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50785
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50973
• http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/21/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48490
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082072.html
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082297.html
• http://lwn.net/Alerts/449415/
• http://secunia.com/advisories/45075
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50785
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50973
• http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/21/3
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/4
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/10
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48490
• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598