CVE-2016-4984: Race Condition
First published: Tue Jun 14 2016(Updated: )
/usr/libexec/openldap/generate-server-cert.sh in openldap-servers sets weak permissions for the TLS certificate, which allows local users to obtain the TLS certificate by leveraging a race condition between the creation of the certificate, and the chmod to protect it.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Openldap Openldap-servers | ||
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =5 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =6.0 | |
| Redhat Enterprise Linux | =7.0 |
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