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CVE-2012-5578
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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5578
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2012-5578.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2012-5578
Aliases
GHSA-8867-vpm3-g98g
PYSEC-2019-182
Downstream
DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5578
Published
2019-11-25T13:15:11Z
Modified
2025-08-09T19:01:28Z
Severity
6.2 (Medium)
CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
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Summary
[none]
Details
Python keyring has insecure permissions on new databases allowing world-readable files to be created
References
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/4
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5578
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-keyring/+bug/1031465
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5578
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5578
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5578
Affected packages
CVE-2012-5578 - OSV