PT-2017-8635
CVE-2016-4982
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Published
2017-07-14
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Updated
2022-07-29
Description by
CVSS 2.0
1.9
LowMetricsAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions
authd (affected versions not specified)
Description
The issue allows local users to obtain the /etc/ident.key by exploiting a race condition between the creation of the key and the chmod operation to protect it. This is due to authd setting weak permissions for /etc/ident.key.
Recommendations
At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.
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