What is CVE-2012-5628?

CVE-2012-5628 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gofer Project, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2018-05-04.

How severe is CVE-2012-5628?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.

Vulnerability in Gofer Project

CVE-2012-5628

gofer before 0.68 uses world-writable permissions for /var/lib/gofer/journal/watchdog, which allows local users to cause a denial of service by removing journal entries.

EPSS: 0.003 (19.1th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 4.4 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:L.

Affected products

Gofer_project Gofer — versions 0.68
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-275 — Permission Issues

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Issue Tracking)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2012-5628?: CVE-2012-5628 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Gofer Project, classified under Permission Issues. CVSS score: 4.4/10. Published 2018-05-04.
How severe is CVE-2012-5628?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 4.4 out of 10.