Race Condition Affecting luci package, versions <0:0.26.0-48.el6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (16th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-LUCI-1474657
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed20 Nov 2013

Introduced: 20 Nov 2013

CVE-2013-4481  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:6 luci to version 0:0.26.0-48.el6 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2013:1603.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream luci package and not the luci package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Race condition in Luci 0.26.0 creates /var/lib/luci/etc/luci.ini with world-readable permissions before restricting the permissions, which allows local users to read the file and obtain sensitive information such as "authentication secrets."

CVSS Base Scores

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