CVE-2012-3292 | BDVDB-2026-50446 Detail
Description#
The GridFTP in Globus Toolkit (GT) before 5.2.2, when certain autoconf macros are defined, does not properly check the return value from the getpwnam_r function, which might allow remote attackers to gain privileges by logging in with a user that does not exist, which causes GridFTP to run as the last user in the password file.
Impact#
No impact statement in the source data.
Weaknesses#
No weakness recorded in the source data.
References#
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081787.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2523
- http://jira.globus.org/browse/GT-195
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081797.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081791.html
Exploit#
No public exploit known
History#
- Version 1Record published in the CVE List.
- Version 2Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.