First published: Fri Jun 08 2018(Updated: )
The install-chef-suse.sh script shipped with crowbar before 2012-10-02 is creating files containing confidential data with insecure permissions, allowing local users to read confidential data.
Credit: meissner@suse.de
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Dell Crowbar | <=1.0 |
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CVE-2012-0433 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its impact on confidentiality.
CVE-2012-0433 affects versions of the Dell Crowbar software up to and including 1.0.
To fix CVE-2012-0433, modify the permissions of the files created by the install-chef-suse.sh script to limit access to confidential data.
Local users on systems using affected versions of Crowbar are at risk from CVE-2012-0433.
The main issue with CVE-2012-0433 is that it allows local users to read confidential data due to insecure file permissions.