Vulnerability CVE-2011-0523
Published: 2012-08-13   Modified: 2012-08-14

Description:
gypsy 0.8 does not properly restrict the files that can be read while running with root privileges, which allows local users to read otherwise restricted files via unspecified vectors.

Type:

CWE-264

 (Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
1.9/10
2.9/10
3.4/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
IAIN -> Gypsy 

 References:
http://cgit.freedesktop.org/gypsy/commit/?id=40101707cddb319481133b2a137294b6b669bd16
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gypsy/+bug/690323
https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33431
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/10
http://secunia.com/advisories/49991
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00034.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107020.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106927.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106919.html
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