CVE-2016-4982

authd sets weak permissions for /etc/ident.key, which allows local users to obtain the key by leveraging a race condition between the creation of the key, and the chmod to protect it.

Score

CVSS 3.0 4.7 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2017-07-17

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-362

Affected products

• Authd (Teether)

References

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346051