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CVE-2007-4135

MEDIUM CVSS: 6.2 Published: 2007-09-05 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Nfsv4 Nfsidmap

Weakness Type

NVD-CWE-Other

References