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CVE-2007-4135 Detail

Current Description

The NFSv4 ID mapper (nfsidmap) before 0.17 does not properly handle return values from the getpwnam_r function when performing a username lookup, which can cause it to report a file as being owned by "root" instead of "nobody" if the file exists on the server but not on the client.

Source:  MITRE
Description Last Modified:  09/04/2007
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Impact

CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 6.2 MEDIUM
Vector: (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C) (V2 legend)
Impact Subscore: 10.0
Exploitability Subscore: 1.9

Access Vector (AV): Local
Access Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (AU): None
Confidentiality (C): Complete
Integrity (I): Complete
Availability (A): Complete
Additional Information:
Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
Allows unauthorized modification
Allows disruption of service

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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Hyperlink Resource
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:240
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html Vendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0951.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26767
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36396
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9864

References to Check Content

Identifier:
oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9864
Check System:
http://oval.mitre.org/XMLSchema/oval-definitions-5
Hyperlink:
http://oval.mitre.org/repository/data/DownloadDefinition?id=oval:org.mitre.oval:def:9864

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )
 cpe:2.3:a:nfsv4:nfsidmap:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
     Show Matching CPE(s)
Up to (including)
0.16.22


Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2007-4135
NVD Published Date:
09/04/2007
NVD Last Modified:
09/28/2017