Bug 1480550 – CVE-2017-7560 rhnsd: World-writable PID files

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Bug 1480550 - (CVE-2017-7560) CVE-2017-7560 rhnsd: World-writable PID files

Summary:	CVE-2017-7560 rhnsd: World-writable PID files

Status:	CLOSED WONTFIX

Aliases:	CVE-2017-7560

Product:	Security Response
Classification:	Other
Component:	vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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Version:	unspecified
Hardware:	All Linux

Priority	low Severity low
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Keywords:	Security

Depends On:	1480879 1480880 1480881 1480882
Blocks:	1480551
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Reported:	2017-08-11 07:22 EDT by Adam Mariš
Modified:	2017-09-12 11:02 EDT (History)
CC List:	5 users (show)

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Last Closed:	2017-08-22 04:18:19 EDT
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Description Adam Mariš 2017-08-11 07:22:22 EDT

It was found that rhnsd PID files are created as world-writable that allows local attackers to fill the disks or to kill selected processes.

Issue was reportedly introduced by commit 75d9c00b96ab430221c5c7668baebebc74ddd67e

Comment 3 Tomas Lestach 2017-08-21 09:46:51 EDT

RHEL7 BZ: Bug 1480306

Comment 4 Raphael Sanchez Prudencio 2017-08-22 04:18:59 EDT

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Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

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