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CVE-2016-3112

Published: Jun 8, 2017Updated: May 13, 2026 Sources: CVE List NVDCWE-284
7.5HIGH
NVD MITRE
EPSS Score
2.2%
Top 19.4%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploits
No Known Exploits
Remediation
Patch Available
Self-Check
Not available

Description

client/consumer/cli.py in Pulp before 2.8.3 writes consumer private keys to etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert.pem as world-readable, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the consumer private keys and escalate privileges by reading /etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert, and authenticating as a consumer user.

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CVSS Vector Breakdown

AV:NAC:LPR:NUI:NS:UC:HI:NA:N
Exploitability
AV:NAttack Vector
Network
AC:LAttack Complexity
Low
PR:NPrivileges Required
None
UI:NUser Interaction
None
Scope
S:UScope
Unchanged
Impact
C:HConfidentiality
High
I:NIntegrity
None
A:NAvailability
None
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Weaknesses

CWE-284

Affected Products

pulpproject
oss-projectaka qpid, pulp ansible, pulp
pulpMixed
DevTools & CI / artifact-registry
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Exploitability

Official Patch Available
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References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/20/1
openwall.com
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016:1501
access.redhat.com
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=1146538
bugzilla.redhat.com
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