VULNERABILITY INTELLIGENCE

CVE-2007-4135

CVSS score6.2 MEDIUM
EPSS probability0.34%
CISA KEVNot currently listed
Published2007-09-05
Last modified2026-06-16
CVSS vectorAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

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.

Primary references