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CVE-2007-5191

CVE-2007-5191

EPSS 0.4%
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 products
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References
http://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=195390http://frontal2.mandriva.com/en/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:198http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=ebbeb2c7ac1b00b6083905957837a271e80b187ehttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-10/msg00008.htmlhttp://lists.vmware.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008/000002.htmlhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=320041http://secunia.com/advisories/27104http://secunia.com/advisories/27122http://secunia.com/advisories/27145http://secunia.com/advisories/27188http://secunia.com/advisories/27283http://secunia.com/advisories/27354