CVE-2012-0878
5.1 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.045 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.5%
Paste Script 1.7.5 and earlier does not properly set group memberships during execution with root privileges, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions by leveraging a web application that uses the local filesystem.
Affected configurations
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| pythonpaste:paste | pythonpaste paste | le | 1.7.5 |
References
groups.google.com/group/paste-users/browse_thread/thread/2aa651ba331c2471
rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1206.html
secunia.com/advisories/48812
secunia.com/advisories/50410
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/1
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/4
bitbucket.org/ianb/pastescript/changeset/a19e462769b4
bitbucket.org/ianb/pastescript/pull-request/3/fix-group-permissions-for-pastescriptserve
bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796790
Related
5.1 Medium
CVSS2
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
HIGH
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
6.4 Medium
AI Score
Confidence
Low
0.045 Low
EPSS
Percentile
92.5%