CVE-2012-6097 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

File descriptor leak in cronie 1.4.8, when running in certain environments, might allow local users to read restricted files, as demonstrated by reading /etc/crontab.

Published: 2013-04-09

Score: 4.3 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:fedorahosted:cronie:1.4.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-5967	File descriptor leak in cronie 1.4.8, when running in certain environments, might allow local users to read restricted files, as demonstrated by reading /etc/crontab.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00319.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:033
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=8652
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=786096
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=893661
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-6097
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-6097

History

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Subscriptions

Fedorahosted Cronie

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2013-04-09T20:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T18:29:45.189Z

Reserved: 2012-12-06T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-6097

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2013-04-09T20:55:01.427

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-6097

Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2012-10-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2012-6097 - Bugzilla

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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