Incorrect Default Permissions Affecting frr package, versions <0:7.0-10.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-FRR-3844675
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed3 May 2020

Introduced: 3 May 2020

CVE-2020-12831  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-276  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 frr to version 0:7.0-10.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:4619.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream frr package and not the frr package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

An issue was discovered in FRRouting FRR (aka Free Range Routing) through 7.3.1. When using the split-config feature, the init script creates an empty config file with world-readable default permissions, leading to a possible information leak via tools/frr.in and tools/frrcommon.sh.in. NOTE: some parties consider this user error, not a vulnerability, because the permissions are under the control of the user before any sensitive information is present in the file

CVSS Scores

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