Access Restriction Bypass Affecting autofs package, versions <1:5.0.7-54.22.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.34% (26th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-AUTOFS-1692530
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed18 Mar 2015

Introduced: 18 Mar 2015

CVE-2014-8169  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-264  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 autofs to version 1:5.0.7-54.22.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2015-626.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream autofs package and not the autofs package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

automount 5.0.8, when a program map uses certain interpreted languages, uses the calling user's USER and HOME environment variable values instead of the values for the user used to run the mapped program, which allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse program in the user home directory.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1