Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2016-4982

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available. - authd sets weak permissions for /etc/ident.key, which allows local users to obtain the key by leveraging a race condition between the creation of the key, and t...

RHEL 5 : authd (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 5 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - authd insecure /etc/ident.key file creation CVE-2016-4982 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has...

RHEL 6 : authd (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 6 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - authd insecure /etc/ident.key file creation CVE-2016-4982 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has...

RHEL 4 : authd (Unpatched Vulnerability)

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 4 host has one or more packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability that has been acknowledged by the vendor but will not be patched. - authd insecure /etc/ident.key file creation CVE-2016-4982 Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has...

Design/Logic Flaw

Rejected reason: DO NOT USE THIS CANDIDATE NUMBER. ConsultIDs: CVE-2016-4982. Reason: This candidate is a duplicate of CVE-2016-4982. Notes: All CVE users should reference CVE-2016-4982 instead of this candidate. All references and descriptions in this candidate have been removed to prevent...

CVE-2016-4982

authd sets weak permissions for /etc/ident.key, which allows local users to obtain the key by leveraging a race condition between the creation of the key, and the chmod to protect it...

CVE-2016-4982

CVE-2016-4982 describes a race-condition vulnerability in authd where weak permissions on /etc/ident.key allow local users to obtain the key by exploiting a race between key creation and the subsequent chmod protection. The issue is mitigated only by proper access controls and timely file permiss...

CVE-2016-4982

authd sets weak permissions for /etc/ident.key, which allows local users to obtain the key by leveraging a race condition between the creation of the key, and the chmod to protect it...