libgssglue: Ability to load untrusted configuration file, when loading GSS mechanisms and their definitions during initialization
Published Jun 21, 2012
6.2
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.44%
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.
Affected products
No data.
Configuration 1
- ≤ 0.3
- 0.1
- 0.2
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4
libgssapi
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5
libgssapi
Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
libgssglue
Will not fix
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 | libgssapi | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | libgssapi | Will not fix | n/a |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | libgssglue | Will not fix | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
Red Hat statement
Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (8 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00440) | 35.93th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.44% (0.00440) | 34.86th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.05% (0.00054) | 14.21th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 80.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 78.34th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 2.17% (0.02172) | 57.15th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (16)
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082072.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082297.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/449415/ vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45075 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50785 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50973 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
- http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/21/3 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/4 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/10 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48490 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-2709 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=724005 Issue Tracking
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-2709
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2011-2709
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