CVE-2016-2121

MEDIUM
4
CVSS Score
Published: October 31, 2018 at 01:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:43 AM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorOpenStack

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Severity
MEDIUM4
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%

Description

A permissions flaw was found in redis, which sets weak permissions on certain files and directories that could potentially contain sensitive information. A local, unprivileged user could possibly use this flaw to access unauthorized system information.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

References (3)

VDB Entryx_refsource_BIDThird Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94111
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3226
x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2121

CVSS

4MEDIUMredhat
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Complexity
LOW
Privileges
NONE
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
LOW
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-732CWE-264

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