CVE - CVE-2012-3292

CVE-ID
CVE-2012-3292	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
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.
References
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CONFIRM:http://jira.globus.org/browse/GT-195 DEBIAN:DSA-2523 URL:http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2523 FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-8445 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081797.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-8461 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081791.html FEDORA:FEDORA-2012-8488 URL:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081787.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20120607	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20120607)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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