Red Hat: redhat-config-nfs several security issues
Summary
Summary
The redhat-config-nfs package includes a graphical user interface forcreating, modifying, and deleting nfs shares.John Buswell discovered a flaw in redhat-config-nfs that could lead toincorrect permissions on exported shares when exporting to multiplehosts. This could cause an option such as "all_squash" to not beapplied to all of the listed hosts. The Common Vulnerabilities andExposures project (cve.mitre.org) has assigned the name CAN-2004-0750 tothis issue.Additionally, a bug was found that prevented redhat-config-nfs from beingrun if hosts didn't have options set in /etc/exports.All users of redhat-config-nfs are advised to upgrade to these updatedpackages as well as checking their NFS shares directly or via the/etc/exports file for any incorrectly set options.
Solution
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5. Bug IDs fixed (http://bugzilla.redhat.com/ for more info):
107997 - CAN-2004-0750 [PATCH] /etc/exports has incorrect syntax for multiple hosts with a single mount point
6. RPMs required:
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3:
SRPMS:
8ad0200a16439ba6341703e277b6edc0 redhat-config-nfs-1.0.13-6.src.rpm
noarch:
ddea963341fba763c3bd428f16c8fede redhat-config-nfs-1.0.13-6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Desktop version 3:
SRPMS:
8ad0200a16439ba6341703e277b6edc0 redhat-config-nfs-1.0.13-6.src.rpm
noarch:
ddea963341fba763c3bd428f16c8fede redhat-config-nfs-1.0.13-6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3:
SRPMS:
8ad0200a16439ba6341703e277b6edc0 redhat-config-nfs-1.0.13-6.src.rpm
noarch:
ddea963341fba763c3bd428f16c8fede redhat-config-nfs-1.0.13-6.noarch.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3:
SRPMS:
8ad0200a16439ba6341703e277b6edc0 redhat-config-nfs-1.0.13-6.src.rpm
noarch:
ddea963341fba763c3bd428f16c8fede redhat-config-nfs-1.0.13-6.noarch.rpm
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References
Package List
Topic
An updated redhat-config-nfs package that fixes bugs and potential securityissues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux AS version 3 - noarch
Red Hat Desktop version 3 - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux ES version 3 - noarch
Red Hat Enterprise Linux WS version 3 - noarch
Bugs Fixed