CVE-2011-2709
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.2EPSS 0.4%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.2 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 0.4% (38th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2011-2690)
- Published
- June 21, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2011-2690 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- umich / libgssapi
- umich / libgssapi
- umich / libgssapi
- umich / libgssglue
- umich / libgssglue
- umich / libgssglue
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082072.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/082297.html
- http://lwn.net/Alerts/449415/
- http://secunia.com/advisories/45075(Vendor Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50785
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50973
- http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz(Patch)
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/21/3
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/07/22/4
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/08/12/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/48490
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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