VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2011-0523
gypsy 0.8 does not properly restrict the files that can be read while running with root privileges, which allows local users to read otherwise restricted files via unspecified vectors.
LOW 1.9EPSS 0.48%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.48%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
gypsy 0.8 does not properly restrict the files that can be read while running with root privileges, which allows local users to read otherwise restricted files via unspecified vectors.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.9 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.48% probability · 40th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- iain/gypsy
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gypsy/commit/?id=40101707cddb319481133b2a137294b6b669bd16Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106919.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106927.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00034.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49991Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/10
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33431
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gypsy/+bug/690323
- http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gypsy/commit/?id=40101707cddb319481133b2a137294b6b669bd16Exploit, Patch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106919.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106927.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107020.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00034.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/49991Vendor Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/10
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/10
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33431
- https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gypsy/+bug/690323
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.