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CVE-2012-0878

Published: May 1, 2012

Modified: Aug 6, 2024

PUBLISHED

Description

Paste Script 1.7.5 and earlier does not properly set group memberships during execution with root privileges, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions by leveraging a web application that uses the local filesystem.

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	affected `n/a`

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796790

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[oss-security] 20120223 CVE Request -- python-paste-script: Supplementary groups not dropped when started an application with "paster serve" as root

mailing-list

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https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pastescript/pull-request/3/fix-group-permissions-for-pastescriptserve

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third-party-advisory

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[oss-security] 20120223 Re: CVE Request -- python-paste-script: Supplementary groups not dropped when started an application with "paster serve" as root

mailing-list

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vendor-advisory

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third-party-advisory

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http://groups.google.com/group/paste-users/browse_thread/thread/2aa651ba331c2471

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https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pastescript/changeset/a19e462769b4

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