medium4.4
CVE-2014-8169
automount 5.0.8, when a program map uses certain interpreted languages, uses the calling user's USER and HOME environment variable values instead of the values…
Impact
automount 5.0.8, when a program map uses certain interpreted languages, uses the calling user's USER and HOME environment variable values instead of the values for the user used to run the mapped program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the user home directory.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Desktop | Version 6.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Hpc Node | Version 6.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Server | Version 6.0 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux Workstation | Version 6.0 |
| Automount Project | Automount | Version 5.0.8 |
| Opensuse | Opensuse | Versions 13.1, 13.2 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73211
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2579-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-03/msg00033.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1344.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/linuxbulletinoct2015-2719645.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/73211
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2579-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1192565
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=917977