01 Record
CVE-2011-0523
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.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.47% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 40.8% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-08-13 20:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 21:58Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2011-01-20
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 7db5f4bed63d0cb7d3107b3d6aa33d17c7b95236287eda509b4bebfd8062042c
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110125 Re: CVE request: multiple gypsy vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/25/10
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2013-8659http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/107020.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:0884http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-07/msg00034.html
- bugs.freedesktop.orghttps://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=33431
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2013-8687http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106919.html
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2013-8705http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/106927.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20110124 CVE request: multiple gypsy vulnerabilitieshttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2011/01/24/10
- secunia.com49991http://secunia.com/advisories/49991
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/gypsy/+bug/690323
- cgit.freedesktop.orghttp://cgit.freedesktop.org/gypsy/commit/?id=40101707cddb319481133b2a137294b6b669bd16