CVE-2012-3292

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3292
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-06-07 20:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
DescriptionThe GridFTP in Globus Toolkit (GT) before 5.2.2, when certain autoconf macros are defined, does not properly check the return value from the getpwnam_r function, which might allow remote attackers to gain privileges by logging in with a user that does not exist, which causes GridFTP to run as the last user in the password file.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 2.0 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 2.2 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 2.4.3 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 3.0.2 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 3.2.1 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 4.0.0 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 4.0.1 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 4.0.2 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 4.0.3 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 4.0.4 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 4.0.5 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 4.0.6 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 4.0.7 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 4.0.8 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 4.2.0 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 4.2.1 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 5.0.0 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 5.0.1 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 5.0.2 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 5.0.3 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 5.0.4 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 5.0.5 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit 5.2.0 All All All
Application Globus Globus Toolkit All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[#GT-195] GridFTP acts as wrong user when user doesn't exist - Globus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 jira.globus.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2523-1 globus-gridftp-server af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: globus-gridftp-server-control-2.5-2.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: globus-gridftp-server-control-2.5-2.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: globus-gridftp-server-control-2.5-2.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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