CVE-2012-5578

Summary

CVECVE-2012-5578
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-11-25 13:15:00 UTC
Updated2019-12-04 15:55:00 UTC
DescriptionPython keyring has insecure permissions on new databases allowing world-readable files to be created

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-276

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Python Keyring All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug 791482 – VUL-1: CVE-2012-5578: python-keyring: insecure permissions for file creation MISC bugzilla.suse.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE Request: Python keyring MISC www.openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Bug #1031465 “~/crypted_pass.cfg created with insecure permissio...” : Bugs : “python-keyring” package : Ubuntu MISC bugs.launchpad.net Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
881132 – (CVE-2012-5577, CVE-2012-5578) CVE-2012-5577 CVE-2012-5578 python-keyring: insecure permissions on configuration file MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
CVE-2012-5578 DEBIAN security-tracker.debian.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981578 Python (pip) Security Update for keyring (GHSA-8867-vpm3-g98g)
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