CVE-2011-2709

Published: 21 June 2012

libgssapi 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.

Status

References

• https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-2709
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/21/3
• https://usn.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1612-1
• NVD
• Launchpad
• Debian

Bugs

• https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=724005