Incorrect Permission Assignment for Critical Resource Affecting mcollective package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.38% (30th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL10-MCOLLECTIVE-9840015
  • published28 Apr 2025
  • disclosed1 May 2014

Introduced: 1 May 2014

CVE-2014-0164  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-732  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:10 mcollective.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream mcollective package and not the mcollective package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

openshift-origin-broker-util, as used in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 1.2.7 and 2.0.5, uses world-readable permissions for the mcollective client.cfg configuration file, which allows local users to obtain credentials and other sensitive information by reading the file.

CVSS Base Scores

version 3.1