Insecure Temporary File Affecting rhnsd package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.25% (17th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL6-RHNSD-1375158
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed22 Aug 2017

Introduced: 22 Aug 2017

CVE-2017-7560  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-377  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for RHEL:6 rhnsd.

NVD Description

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

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.