Vulnerability CVE-2011-2709
Published: 2012-06-21

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.2/10
10/10
1.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
High
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Complete
Complete
Complete
Affected software
Umich -> Libgssapi 
Umich -> Libgssglue 

 References:
http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48490
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/4
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/21/3
http://secunia.com/advisories/50973
http://secunia.com/advisories/50785
http://secunia.com/advisories/45075
http://lwn.net/Alerts/449415/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082297.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082072.html
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