Executive Summary

Informations
Name CVE-2011-4944 First vendor Publication 2012-08-27
Vendor Cve Last vendor Modification 2019-10-25

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : N/A
Overall CVSS Score NA
Base Score NA Environmental Score NA
impact SubScore NA Temporal Score NA
Exploitabality Sub Score NA
 
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 1.9 Attack Range Local
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Medium
Cvss Expoit Score 3.4 Authentication None Required
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Detail

Python 2.6 through 3.2 creates ~/.pypirc with world-readable permissions before changing them after data has been written, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to obtain a username and password by reading this file.

Original Source

Url : http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2011-4944

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19784
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:19784
Title: VMware security updates for vSphere API and ESX Service Console
Description: Python 2.6 through 3.2 creates ~/.pypirc with world-readable permissions before changing them after data has been written, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to obtain a username and password by reading this file.
Family: unix Class: vulnerability
Reference(s): CVE-2011-4944
 Version: 4
Platform(s): VMWare ESX Server 4.1
 Product(s):
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 28

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2012-11-16 Name : VMSA-2012-0016: VMware security updates for vSphere API and ESX Service Console
File : nvt/gb_VMSA-2012-0016.nasl
2012-10-26 Name : Ubuntu Update for python3.2 USN-1615-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1615_1.nasl
2012-10-26 Name : Ubuntu Update for python3.1 USN-1616-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1616_1.nasl
2012-10-19 Name : Ubuntu Update for python2.5 USN-1613-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1613_1.nasl
2012-10-19 Name : Ubuntu Update for python2.4 USN-1613-2
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1613_2.nasl
2012-10-05 Name : Ubuntu Update for python2.6 USN-1596-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1596_1.nasl
2012-10-03 Name : Ubuntu Update for python2.7 USN-1592-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_1592_1.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for python CESA-2012:0744 centos6
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0744_python_centos6.nasl
2012-07-30 Name : CentOS Update for python CESA-2012:0745 centos5
File : nvt/gb_CESA-2012_0745_python_centos5.nasl
2012-06-22 Name : Mandriva Update for python MDVSA-2012:096 (python)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_096.nasl
2012-06-22 Name : Mandriva Update for python MDVSA-2012:097 (python)
File : nvt/gb_mandriva_MDVSA_2012_097.nasl
2012-06-19 Name : RedHat Update for python RHSA-2012:0744-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_0744-01_python.nasl
2012-06-19 Name : RedHat Update for python RHSA-2012:0745-01
File : nvt/gb_RHSA-2012_0745-01_python.nasl

Information Assurance Vulnerability Management (IAVM)

Date Description
2012-11-29 IAVM : 2012-A-0189 - Multiple Vulnerabilities in VMware ESXi 4.1 and ESX 4.1
Severity : Category I - VMSKEY : V0035032

Snort® IPS/IDS

Date Description
2014-11-16 VMWare vSphere API SOAP request RetrieveProperties remote denial of service a...
RuleID : 31297 - Revision : 3 - Type : SERVER-WEBAPP

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2016-02-29 Name : The remote VMware ESX / ESXi host is missing a security-related patch.
File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0016_remote.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2014-06-13 Name : The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.
File : openSUSE-2012-302.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-10-23 Name : The remote host is missing a Mac OS X update that fixes multiple security vul...
File : macosx_10_9.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-09-04 Name : The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.
File : ala_ALAS-2012-98.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0744.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-07-12 Name : The remote Oracle Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : oraclelinux_ELSA-2012-0745.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-04-20 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2013-117.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_python-randomisation-update-120517.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2013-01-25 Name : The remote SuSE 11 host is missing one or more security updates.
File : suse_11_python-randomisation-update-120516.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-11-16 Name : The remote VMware ESXi / ESX host is missing one or more security-related pat...
File : vmware_VMSA-2012-0016.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-25 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1616-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-24 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1615-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-18 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1613-2.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-18 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1613-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-05 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1596-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-10-03 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-1592-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-09-06 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-097.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20120618_python_on_SL6_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-08-01 Name : The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : sl_20120618_python_on_SL5_x.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-21 Name : The remote Mandriva Linux host is missing one or more security updates.
File : mandriva_MDVSA-2012-096.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-20 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-0744.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-19 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0745.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-19 Name : The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.
File : redhat-RHSA-2012-0744.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2012-06-19 Name : The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.
File : centos_RHSA-2012-0745.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

Sources (Detail)

Source Url
APPLE http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Oct/msg00004.html
CONFIRM http://bugs.python.org/file23824/pypirc-secure.diff
http://bugs.python.org/issue13512
MISC http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=650555
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=758905
MLIST http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/10
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/2
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/03/27/5
SECUNIA http://secunia.com/advisories/50858
http://secunia.com/advisories/51024
http://secunia.com/advisories/51040
http://secunia.com/advisories/51087
http://secunia.com/advisories/51089
SUSE http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-01/msg00040.html
UBUNTU http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1592-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1596-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1613-2
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1615-1
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1616-1

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