National Cyber-Alert System
Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-2367
Original release date:01/20/2009
Last revised:02/05/2009
Source:
US-CERT/NIST
Overview
Red Hat Certificate System 7.2 uses world-readable permissions for password.conf and unspecified other configuration files, which allows local users to discover passwords by reading these files.
Impact
CVSS Severity (version 2.0):
Impact Subscore:
2.9
Exploitability Subscore:
3.9
CVSS Version 2 Metrics:
Access Vector: Locally exploitable
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication: Not required to exploit
Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information
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External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:0007
External Source: REDHAT
Name: RHSA-2009:0006
Type: Advisory
External Source: CONFIRM
Name: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=451998
External Source: XF
Name: redhat-cs-configfile-info-disclosure(48021)
External Source: BID
Name: 33288
External Source: VUPEN
Name: ADV-2009-0145
External Source: SECTRACK
Name: 1021608
External Source: SECUNIA
Name: 33540
Type: Advisory