CVE-2007-4135
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.3%EU EUVD
The NFSv4 ID mapper (nfsidmap) before 0.17 does not properly handle return values from the getpwnam_r function when performing a username lookup, which can cause it to report a file as being owned by "root" instead of "nobody" if the file exists on the server but not on the client.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- EPSS score
- 0.3% (28th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2007-4119)
- Published
- September 5, 2007
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2007-4119 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- nfsv4 / nfsidmap
References
- http://osvdb.org/45825
- http://secunia.com/advisories/26674(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/27043(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDKSA-2007:240
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.html(Vendor Advisory)
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0951.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26767
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36396
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9864
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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