CVE-2012-0878

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-02-06
Bugzilla:
796790: CVE-2012-0878 python-paste-script: Supplementary groups not dropped when started an application with "paster serve" as root

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

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.

Find out more about CVE-2012-0878 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5.1
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (python-paste-script) RHSA-2012:1206 2012-08-27

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