CVE-2016-3108

Description

The pulp-gen-nodes-certificate script in Pulp before 2.8.3 allows local users to leak the keys or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.04%
Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory plan.io
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=1146475 issue tracking
https://github.com/pulp/pulp/pull/2528 issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016:1501 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1325934 issue tracking
https://pulp.plan.io/issues/1830 patch vendor advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/20/1 third party advisory mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2016-3108?
CVE-2016-3108 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2016-3108?
To fix CVE-2016-3108, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2016-3108 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2016-3108 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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