CVE-2016-2121

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-11-01
CWE:
CWE-732
Bugzilla:
1390588: CVE-2016-2121 redis: weak permissions on sensitive files
A permissions flaw was found in redis, which sets weak permissions on certain files and directories that could potentially contain sensitive information. A local, unprivileged user could possibly use this flaw to access unauthorized system information.

Find out more about CVE-2016-2121 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 2.1
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 4
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 10 (redis) RHSA-2017:3226 2017-11-15

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-redis32-redis Not affected
Red Hat OpenStack Platform Operational Tools 9 redis Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 9.0 redis Will not fix
Red Hat OpenStack Platform 8.0 (Liberty) redis Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 8.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 redis Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 Operational Tools for RHEL 7 redis Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 7.0 (Kilo) for RHEL 7 redis Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 6.0 (Juno) for RHEL 7 redis Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Honza Horak (Red Hat) and Remi Collet (Red Hat).

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