CVE-2012-0878

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-0878
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-05-01 19:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionPaste 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 5.1 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
High
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Pythonpaste Paste All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ianb / PasteScript / Pull request #3: fix group permissions for paste.script.serve — Bitbucket af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bitbucket.org Patch
oss-security - CVE Request -- python-paste-script: Supplementary groups not dropped when started an application with "paster serve" as root af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com Patch
796790 – (CVE-2012-0878) CVE-2012-0878 python-paste-script: Supplementary groups not dropped when started an application with "paster serve" as root af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA48812 - Paste Script Improper Group Privileges Weakness - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
‏مجموعات Google af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 groups.google.com
oss-security - Re: CVE Request -- python-paste-script: Supplementary groups not dropped when started an application with "paster serve" as root af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
ianb / PasteScript / commit / a19e462769b4 — Bitbucket af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bitbucket.org Patch
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Security Advisory SA50410 - Red Hat update for python-paste-script - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
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