CVE-2007-5191

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Summary

CVECVE-2007-5191
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2007-10-04 16:17:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
Descriptionmount 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.2 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Problem Types: CWE-252 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Complete
Integrity
Complete
Availability
Complete

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.06 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 6.10 All All All
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 7.04 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 3.1 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 7 All All All
Application Kernel Util-linux All All All All
Application Loop-aes-utils Project Loop-aes-utils - All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-1757 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 issues.rpath.com Broken Link
Webmail- OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
Webmail - OVH af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vupen.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
rPath update for util-linux - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Ubuntu update for util-linux - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
VMSA-2008-0001.1 - VMware af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
Fedora update for util-linux - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Red Hat update for util-linux - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Bug 195390 - sys-apps/util-linux < 2.12r-r8 Privilege Escalation Vulnerability (CVE-2007-5191) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.gentoo.org Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
git.kernel.org af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.kernel.org
Debian update for util-linux - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo update for util-linux - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
VMware ESX Server Multiple Security Updates - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- util-linux: Local privilege escalation af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE Security Summary Report SUSE-SR:2007:022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
util-linux mount umount Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[Security-announce] VMSA-2008-0001 Moderate OpenPegasus PAM Authentication Buffer Overflow and updated service console packages af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.vmware.com Third Party Advisory
SUSE Update for Multiple Packages - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
util-linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1450-1 util-linux af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-1449-1 loop-aes-utils af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Third Party Advisory
Advisories | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 frontal2.mandriva.com Third Party Advisory
Avaya Products util-linux Privilege Escalation Vulnerability - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Mandriva update for util-linux - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
Debian update for loop-aes-utils - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Third Party Advisory
320041 – (CVE-2007-5191) CVE-2007-5191 util-linux (u)mount doesn't drop privileges properly when calling helpers af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
ASA-2008-023 (RHSA-2007-0969) af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.avaya.com Third Party Advisory
USN-533-1: util-linux vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] Fedora 7 Update: util-linux-2.13-0.54.1.fc7 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Util-linux mount/umount Privilege Bug Lets Local Users Gain Elevated Privileges af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securitytracker.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
CONFIRM:http://git.kernel.org/?p=utils/util-linux-ng/util-linux-ng.git;a=commit;h=ebbeb2c7ac1b00b6083905957837a271e80b187e MITRE git.kernel.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

OrganizationPublishedContributorStatement
Red Hat2009-06-01Mark J CoxUpdates are available to address this issue: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-0969.html

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 900176 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for util-linux 2.32.1

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