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CVE-2011-2709
libgssapi and libgssglue before 0.4 do not properly check privileges, which allows local users to load untrusted configuration files and…
Medium6.2EPSS 0.44%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- redhat
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.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 12 months later
· 12 months later
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.44% · top 61% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (12)
- [oss-security] 20110721 CVE Request -- libgssapi, libgssglue -- Ability to load untrusted configuration file, when loading GSS mechanisms and their definitions during initialization (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=694598 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-7971 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- 45075 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 48490 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://www.citi.umich.edu/projects/nfsv4/linux/libgssglue/libgssglue-0.4.tar.gz (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110722 Re: CVE Request -- libgssapi, libgssglue -- Ability to load untrusted configuration file, when loading GSS mechanisms and their definitions during initialization (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- FEDORA-2012-8067 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORAx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20110812 Re: CVE Request -- libgssapi, libgssglue -- Ability to load untrusted configuration file, when loading GSS mechanisms and their definitions during initialization (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- 50785 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 50973 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- SUSE-SU-2011:0696 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSEx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-2011-2709)Record last updated .