GCVE-110-MAGEIA-2017-171

Advisory Published

Vulnetix · Advisory published June 14, 2017

Smb4k contains a logic flaw in which mount helper binary does not properly verify the mount command it is being asked to run. This allows calling any other binary as root since the mount helper is typically installed as suid (CVE-2017-8849).

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Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions	Platforms
Mageia	smb4k	0 (affected), 1.2.3-1.mga5 (unaffected)	—

Aliases

CVE-2017-8849

References

Updated smb4k packages fix security vulnerability

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Updated smb4k packages fix security vulnerability

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Updated smb4k packages fix security vulnerability

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