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Red Hat 4: RHSA-2007:1129-01 Important: Autofs5 Root Access Flaw

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Calendar Grey December 12, 2007
Dist Redhat Esm H88
RedHat has released an important autofs5 update to fix a critical NFS server vulnerability, vital for secure automount management and access prevention
Updated Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Technology Preview autofs5 packages are now available to fix a security flaw

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

410031 - CVE-2007-5964 autofs defaults don't restrict suid in /net

6. RPMs required:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4:

SRPMS: 05d5179245e60b719cbb294d175b748a autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.src.rpm

i386: 843984a6c993a423d230b60a53bdac84 autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.i386.rpm 26cb6bd2589982a94b432ecf0864ab3a autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.i386.rpm

ia64: e8651311ccacbb795889d6c6fb5ea937 autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm 5b182c69e3ecfc639d9cdbdb67e5ba90 autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm

ppc: 17078df28123aef61102d27fdc23f36e autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm e567075f64c8c5c88b32d2a392f900fc autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.ppc.rpm

s390: 7dfd1842cd49a84cec0c647d1806020e autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.s390.rpm e78775fdc40cb0e21f7df1a7ff3b6e42 autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.s390.rpm

s390x: f9df3328f755b3d40d724e83a5fa4bc4 autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm d5b8283c0b0dc496ae8cbaf3500774e7 autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.s390x.rpm

x86_64: 1ba8f965d1eab75e4245600c2ac8d188 autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm 0521149a1e5eb334bcc68305596b16d0 autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4:

SRPMS: 05d5179245e60b719cbb294d175b748a autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.src.rpm

i386: 843984a6c993a423d230b60a53bdac84 autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.i386.rpm 26cb6bd2589982a94b432ecf0864ab3a autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.i386.rpm

x86_64: 1ba8f965d1eab75e4245600c2ac8d188 autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm 0521149a1e5eb334bcc68305596b16d0 autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4:

SRPMS: 05d5179245e60b719cbb294d175b748a autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.src.rpm

i386: 843984a6c993a423d230b60a53bdac84 autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.i386.rpm 26cb6bd2589982a94b432ecf0864ab3a autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.i386.rpm

ia64: e8651311ccacbb795889d6c6fb5ea937 autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm 5b182c69e3ecfc639d9cdbdb67e5ba90 autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 1ba8f965d1eab75e4245600c2ac8d188 autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm 0521149a1e5eb334bcc68305596b16d0 autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4:

SRPMS: 05d5179245e60b719cbb294d175b748a autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.src.rpm

i386: 843984a6c993a423d230b60a53bdac84 autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.i386.rpm 26cb6bd2589982a94b432ecf0864ab3a autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.i386.rpm

ia64: e8651311ccacbb795889d6c6fb5ea937 autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm 5b182c69e3ecfc639d9cdbdb67e5ba90 autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.ia64.rpm

x86_64: 1ba8f965d1eab75e4245600c2ac8d188 autofs5-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm 0521149a1e5eb334bcc68305596b16d0 autofs5-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el4_6.1.x86_64.rpm

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and details on how to verify the signature are available from https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

Summary

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux local exploit important root privileges autofs5 nfs

References

https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2007-5964 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification#important

Package List


Severity
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Advisory ID: RHSA-2007:1129-01
Advisory URL: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007:1129.html
Issue date: 2007-12-12
Updated on: 2007-12-12
Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Topic

Topics%20covered

Topics Covered

security advisory Red Hat Enterprise Linux local exploit important root privileges autofs5 nfs

Relevant Releases Architectures

Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 4 - i386, ia64, ppc, s390, s390x, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop version 4 - i386, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 4 - i386, ia64, x86_64

Bugs Fixed

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