Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Sep 5, 2007· Updated Apr 23, 2026
CVE-2007-4135
CVE-2007-4135
Description
The NFSv4 ID mapper (nfsidmap) before 0.17 does not properly handle return values from the getpwnam_r function when performing a username lookup, which can cause it to report a file as being owned by "root" instead of "nobody" if the file exists on the server but not on the client.
Affected products
1Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
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References
9- secunia.com/advisories/26674nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- secunia.com/advisories/27043nvdVendor Advisory
- www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2007_18_sr.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- osvdb.org/45825nvd
- www.mandriva.com/security/advisoriesnvd
- www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2007-0951.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/26767nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/36396nvd
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A9864nvd
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