CVE-2012-3292

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.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:2.4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:3.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:3.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.7:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.0.8:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:4.2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.4:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.0.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:globus:globus_toolkit:5.2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2012-06-07 20:55

Updated : 2023-12-10 11:16


NVD link : CVE-2012-3292

Mitre link : CVE-2012-3292

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2012-3292


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Products Affected

globus

  • globus_toolkit
CWE
CWE-264

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