CVE-2007-5191
N/A
Published: October 4, 2007 at 04:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:45 PM UTC
5 products affected across 5 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraUbuntu Linux
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (34)
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195390Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVAThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://frontal2.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:198Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEMailing ListThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.htmlQuick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-252
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