CVE-2012-3292
N/A
Published: June 7, 2012 at 08:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 11:42 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorGlobus Toolkit
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 3%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
References (5)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081787.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081791.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081797.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Source: [email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2523Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-264
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