CVE-2010-4512

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2010-01-11
CWE:
CWE-732
Bugzilla:
693647: CVE-2010-4512 cobbler: Insecure umask by creating /tftpboot/pxelinux.cfg/* files after cobbler sync

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Cobbler before 2.0.4 uses an incorrect umask value, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by leveraging world writable permissions for files and directories.

Find out more about CVE-2010-4512 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue did not affect the versions of cobbler as shipped with Red Hat Satellite version 5.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 4.6
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 5.4 Server Not affected
Red Hat Satellite 5.3 Server Not affected

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