ubuntu · CVE-2007-5191

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Priority: medium Published: 2007-10-04 00:00:00 UTC Updated: 2024-07-24 15:57:39 UTC

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Freshness: upstream tracker timestamp is available; use API updated time as primary recency signal.

Tracker summary

CVE-2007-5191 medium priority: Ubuntu including 2 source packages (loop-aes-utils, util-linux), 18 status rows across 9 suites (dapper, edgy, feisty, gutsy, hardy, intrepid, jaunty, karmic, upstream): released 12, ignored 4, needed 1, needs-triage 1.

Description:

mount and umount in util-linux and loop-aes-utils call the setuid and setgid functions in the wrong order and do not check the return values, which might allow attackers to gain privileges via helpers such as mount.nfs.

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