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CVE-2012-3292 Details

Description

The 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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://jira.globus.org/browse/GT-195 CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081787.html CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081791.html CVE
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081797.html CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2523 CVE

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
globus globus toolkit
<= 5.2.1
2.0
2.2
2.4.3
3.0.2

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-3292
NVD Published Date:
Jun 7, 2012
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-3292 Details - Not Deferred