CVE-2007-3740 Information

Description

The CIFS filesystem in the Linux kernel before 2.6.22 when Unix extension support is enabled does not honor the umask of a process which allows local users to gain privileges.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2007-12/msg00001.html http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-02/msg00002.html http://secunia.com/advisories/26760 http://secunia.com/advisories/26955 http://secunia.com/advisories/26978 http://secunia.com/advisories/27436 http://secunia.com/advisories/27747 http://secunia.com/advisories/27912 http://secunia.com/advisories/28806 http://secunia.com/advisories/29058 http://support.avaya.com/elmodocs2/security/ASA-2007-474.htm http://www.debian.org/security/2007/dsa-1378 http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1504 http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.6/ChangeLog-2.6.22 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:008 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:105 http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0705.html http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0939.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25672 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-518-1 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=253314 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36593 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A9953