CVE-2007-6328

Publication date 13 December 2007

Last updated 4 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Description

DOSBox 0.72 and earlier allows local users to obtain access to the filesystem on the host operating system via the mount command. NOTE: the researcher reports a vendor response stating that this is not a security problem

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
dosbox 9.10 karmic Ignored
9.04 jaunty Ignored
8.10 intrepid Ignored
8.04 LTS hardy Ignored
7.10 gutsy Ignored end of life, was needed
7.04 feisty Ignored end of life, was needed
6.10 edgy Ignored end of life, was needed
6.06 LTS dapper Ignored end of life

Notes

jdstrand

dosbox is not intended to be used as a security sandbox, and the mount command (and others) function as designed

mdeslaur

disputed, let's ignore this

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