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util-linux: privilege escalation

Package(s):util-linux CVE #(s):CVE-2007-5191
Created:October 9, 2007 Updated:January 7, 2008
Description: mount and umount in util-linux 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.
Alerts:
Debian DSA-1450-1 2008-01-05
Debian DSA-1449-1 2008-01-05
Red Hat RHSA-2007:0969-01 2007-11-15
SuSE SUSE-SR:2007:022 2007-10-26
Ubuntu USN-533-1 2007-10-22
Gentoo 200710-18 2007-10-18
Mandriva MDKSA-2007:198 2007-10-15
Fedora FEDORA-2007-722 2007-10-15
Fedora FEDORA-2007-2462 2007-10-10
rPath rPSA-2007-0212-1 2007-10-08
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