CVE-2007-6285

Severity

62%

Complexity

19%

Confidentiality

165%

The default configuration for autofs 5 (autofs5) in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, does not specify the nodev mount option for the -hosts map, which allows local users to access "important devices" by operating a remote NFS server and creating special device files on that server, as demonstrated by the /dev/mem device.

The default configuration for autofs 5 (autofs5) in some Linux distributions, such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5, does not specify the nodev mount option for the -hosts map, which allows local users to access "important devices" by operating a remote NFS server and creating special device files on that server, as demonstrated by the /dev/mem device.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.2. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

Type

Red Hat Enterprise Linux

First reported 17 years ago

2007-12-20 22:46:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-09-29 01:29:00

Affected Software

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4.0

4.0

Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.0

5.0

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