CVE-2011-2709

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Summary

CVECVE-2011-2709
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-21 15:55:10 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionlibgssapi and libgssglue before 0.4 do not properly check privileges, which allows local users to load untrusted configuration files and execute arbitrary code via the GSSAPI_MECH_CONF environment variable, as demonstrated using mount.nfs.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Umich Libgssapi 0.1 All All All
Application Umich Libgssapi 0.2 All All All
Application Umich Libgssapi All All All All
Application Umich Libgssglue 0.1 All All All
Application Umich Libgssglue 0.2 All All All
Application Umich Libgssglue All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Access Denied af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.novell.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: libgssglue-0.4-0.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- libgssapi, libgssglue -- Ability to load untrusted configuration file, when loading GSS mechanisms and their definitions during initialization af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- libgssapi, libgssglue -- Ability to load untrusted configuration file, when loading GSS mechanisms and their definitions during initialization af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: libgssglue-0.4-0.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.citi.umich.edu Patch
Security Advisory SA50973 - Ubuntu update for libgssglue - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
oss-security - CVE Request -- libgssapi, libgssglue -- Ability to load untrusted configuration file, when loading GSS mechanisms and their definitions during initialization af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
libgssglue 'GSSAPI_MECH_CONF' Environment Variable Local Privilege Escalation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
SUSE update for libgssglue - Secunia.com af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
SUSE alert SUSE-SU-2011:0696-1 (libgssglue) [LWN.net] af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lwn.net
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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