Description
/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.
Published: 2017-07-14
Score: 4.7 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-5952 /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.
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Openldap Openldap-servers
Redhat Enterprise Linux
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:40.174Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-4984

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-07-17T13:18:06.123

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-4984

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-06-13T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-4984 - Bugzilla

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