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.
- EPSS
- 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 87% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-264
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- globus:globus_toolkit
References
- http://jira.globus.org/browse/GT-195
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081787.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081791.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081797.html
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2523