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CVE-2007-6285

Status: ModifiedMedium (6.2)—

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.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

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Affected technologies (1)

Redhat — Enterprise Linux

CWEs

References

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