Pulp up to 2.8.2 CA Key Generation Temporary race condition

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Pulp up to 2.8.2. Impacted is an unknown function of the component CA Key Generation. Performing a manipulation results in race condition (Temporary). This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2016-3106. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Pulp up to 2.8.2. This affects some unknown processing of the component CA Key Generation. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a race condition vulnerability (Temporary). CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-362. The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Pulp before 2.8.3 creates a temporary directory during CA key generation in an insecure manner.

The bug was discovered 05/19/2016. The weakness was shared 04/13/2017 (oss-sec). It is possible to read the advisory at openwall.com. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2016-3106 since 03/10/2016. Attacking locally is a requirement. Required for exploitation is a authentication. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 329 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 2.8.3 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry VDB-99259 is related to this item. Statistical analysis made it clear that VulDB provides the best quality for vulnerability data.

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CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.2

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.1
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NVD Base Score: 5.3
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Exploitinginfo

Name: Temporary
Class: Race condition / Temporary
CWE: CWE-362
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Pulp 2.8.3

Timelineinfo

03/10/2016 🔍
05/19/2016 +70 days 🔍
04/13/2017 +329 days 🔍
04/13/2017 +0 days 🔍
04/14/2017 +1 days 🔍
11/29/2022 +2055 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 1827
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2016-3106 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2016-3106
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-99819
OSVDB: - CVE-2016-3106 - Pulp - Insecure Directory Creation Issue

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Entryinfo

Created: 04/14/2017 11:04
Updated: 11/29/2022 09:46
Changes: 04/14/2017 11:04 (55), 08/30/2020 18:07 (8), 11/29/2022 09:46 (4)
Complete: 🔍
Cache ID: 216::103

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