CVE-2016-4984

4.7 mediumEPSS 0.1%

Medium (4.7) in openldap openldap-servers. EPSS 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

/usr/libexec/openldap/generate-server-cert.sh in openldap-servers sets weak permissions for the TLS certificate, which allows local users to obtain the TLS certificate by leveraging a race condition between the creation of the certificate, and the chmod to protect it.

Severity

CVSS 3.0

4.7 medium

CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

EPSS: 0.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 4% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
CWE: CWE-362
Published: 2017-07-17
Modified: 2026-06-17
Record from: the NVD, synced 2026-10-19

Affected

openldap:openldap-servers

References

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346120
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346120

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