CVE-2007-6285 Information

Description

The default configuration for autofs 5 (autofs5) in some Linux distributions such as Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 4 and 5 does not specify the nodev mount option for the -hosts map which allows local users to access \important devices\ by operating a remote NFS server and creating special device files on that server as demonstrated by the /dev/mem device.

Reference

http://osvdb.org/40442 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1176.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2007-1177.html http://secunia.com/advisories/28156 http://secunia.com/advisories/28168 http://secunia.com/advisories/28456 http://securitytracker.com/id?1019137 http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2008:009 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26970 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=426218 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39188 https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval3Aorg.mitre.oval3Adef3A11457 https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00726.html https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-December/msg00732.html