What is CVE-2019-12875?

CVE-2019-12875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alpinelinux Abuild, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-06-18.

How severe is CVE-2019-12875?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Auth bypass in Alpinelinux Abuild

CVE-2019-12875

Alpine Linux abuild through 3.4.0 allows an unprivileged member of the abuild group to add an untrusted package via a --keys-dir option that causes acceptance of an untrusted signing key.

EPSS: 0.013 (67.2th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Alpinelinux Abuild
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-668 — Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere
CWE-862 — Missing Authorization

References

cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (Patch, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
cve@mitre.org (x_refsource_CONFIRM)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2019-12875?: CVE-2019-12875 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Alpinelinux Abuild, classified under Exposure of Resource to Wrong Sphere. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2019-06-18.
How severe is CVE-2019-12875?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.