RedHat: Important: autofs security update
Summary
Summary
The autofs utility controls the operation of the automount daemon, which automatically mounts file systems when you use them, and unmounts them when you are not using them. This can include network file systems and CD-ROMs. There was a security issue with the default configuration of autofs version 5, whereby the entry for the "-hosts" map did not specify the "nodev" mount option. A local user with control of a remote NFS server could create special device files on the remote file system, that if mounted using the default "-hosts" map, could allow the user to access important system devices. (CVE-2007-6285) This issue is similar to CVE-2007-5964, which fixed a missing "nosuid" mount option in autofs. Both the "nodev" and "nosuid" options should be enabled to prevent a possible compromise of machine integrity. Due to the fact that autofs always mounted "-hosts" map entries "dev" by default, autofs has now been altered to always use the "nodev" option when mounting from the default "-hosts" map. The "dev" option must be explicitly given in the master map entry to revert to the old behavior. This change affects only the "-hosts" map which corresponds to the "/net" entry in the default configuration. All autofs users are advised to upgrade to these updated packages, which resolve this issue. Red Hat would like to thank Tim Baum for reporting this issue.
Solution
Before applying this update, make sure that all previously-released
errata relevant to your system have been applied.
This update is available via Red Hat Network. Details on how to use
the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at
5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/):
426218 - CVE-2007-6285 autofs default doesn't set nodev in /net
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client):
SRPMS:
5f5504a6ca34b5f5c1bf957d6dae5887 autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.src.rpm
i386:
2777273dbfe56fe6949958b003c7a536 autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.i386.rpm
d316563c861ea92642fe9220fec3268b autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.i386.rpm
x86_64:
382f81f678643f3ef989007ef9023110 autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.x86_64.rpm
fb511a6ab5a5acdcae2c460aa5fe95e1 autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):
SRPMS:
5f5504a6ca34b5f5c1bf957d6dae5887 autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.src.rpm
i386:
2777273dbfe56fe6949958b003c7a536 autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.i386.rpm
d316563c861ea92642fe9220fec3268b autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.i386.rpm
ia64:
7f11526720a9288b3c95193c97c02788 autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.ia64.rpm
c2a6a0b39aab22452797b486f71a4cbb autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.ia64.rpm
ppc:
d5caec9515a94c2588d8be40d3a021c3 autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.ppc.rpm
4f00e9d1b2f8d4d166bf91a013ebe7da autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.ppc.rpm
s390x:
2c79053af040b63b7cd835b85778df7f autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.s390x.rpm
43a0d008743fdccb6689056166b19bea autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
382f81f678643f3ef989007ef9023110 autofs-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.x86_64.rpm
fb511a6ab5a5acdcae2c460aa5fe95e1 autofs-debuginfo-5.0.1-0.rc2.55.el5.2.x86_64.rpm
These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and
details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://www.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package
References
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2007-6285 http://www.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Package List
Topic
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) - i386, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - i386, ia64, ppc, s390x, x86_64
Bugs Fixed
