CVE-2016-3111

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2016-04-13
CWE:
CWE-362
Bugzilla:
1326251: CVE-2016-3111 pulp: Race condition when generating RSA keys for authenticating messages between server and consumers
It was found that the private RSA key was created in a directory that is world-readable for a small amount of time. A local user could possibly use this flaw to gain access to the private key information in the file.

Find out more about CVE-2016-3111 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 1.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.2 (pulp) RHBA-2016:1501 2016-07-27
Red Hat Satellite 6.1 - Optional (pulp) RHBA-2016:1501 2016-07-27
Red Hat Satellite Capsule 6.1 (pulp) RHBA-2016:1501 2016-07-27
Red Hat Satellite 6.2 (pulp) RHBA-2016:1501 2016-07-27

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Satellite 6 pulp Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Jeremy Cline (Red Hat).

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