Red Hat redhat-config-nfs share permissions allows elevated privileges
| red-hat-permission-gain-privileges (17478) |  High Risk |
Description:
The Red Hat-config-nfs package, which could allow a remote unauthorized user to gain elevated privileges on exported shares. When shares are exported to many hosts, permissions are improperly set on these shares, which may result in the failure of the all_squash option being applied to all hosts.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
Remedy:
For Red Hat Linux:
Upgrade to the latest package of redhat-config-nfs, as listed below. Refer to RHSA-2004:434-06 for more information. See References.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS (v. 3), ES (v. 3), WS (v. 3), Desktop (v.3): 1.0.13-6 or later
References:
- BID-11240: Red Hat redhat-config-nfs Exported Shares Configuration Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-0750: Unknown vulnerability in redhat-config-nfs before 1.0.13, when shares are exported to multiple hosts, can produce incorrect permissions and prevent the all_squash option from being applied.
- RHSA-2004-434: redhat-config-nfs security update
Platforms Affected:
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 Desktop
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 WS
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 ES
- RedHat Enterprise Linux 3 AS
Reported:
Sep 22, 2004
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