What is CVE-2011-2916?

CVE-2011-2916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qtnx, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-15.

How severe is CVE-2011-2916?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Qtnx

CVE-2011-2916

qtnx 0.9 stores non-custom SSH keys in a world-readable configuration file. If a user has a world-readable or world-executable home directory, another local system user could obtain the private key used to connect to remote NX sessions.

EPSS: 0.002 (16.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.

Affected products

Qtnx — versions 0.9
Qtnx_project Qtnx — versions 0.9

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-312 — Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information

References

secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC, Broken Link)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2011-2916?: CVE-2011-2916 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Qtnx, classified under Cleartext Storage of Sensitive Information. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2019-11-15.
How severe is CVE-2011-2916?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.