CVE-2012-5605
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Grinder in Red Hat CloudForms before 1.1 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/pulp/cache/grinder/, which allows local users to modify grinder cache files.
Find out more about CVE-2012-5605 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
Red Hat Update Infrastructure 2.1.3 is now in Production 2 Phase of the support and maintenance life cycle. This has been rated as having Moderate security impact and is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Red Hat Update Infrastructure Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/rhui.
CVSS v2 metrics
| 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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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat CloudForms System Engine 1 (grinder) | RHSA-2012:1543 | 2012-12-04 |
| Red Hat CloudForms Tools 1 | RHSA-2012:1543 | 2012-12-04 |
| Red Hat CloudForms Tools 1 | RHSA-2012:1543 | 2012-12-04 |
Acknowledgements
This issue was discovered by James Labocki of Red Hat.CVE description copyright © 2017, The MITRE Corporation