CVE-2016-8605
Guile mkdir Uncontrolled Umask Vulnerability
Description
The mkdir procedure of GNU Guile temporarily changed the process' umask to zero. During that time window, in a multithreaded application, other threads could end up creating files with insecure permissions. For example, mkdir without the optional mode argument would create directories as 0777. This is fixed in Guile 2.0.13. Prior versions are affected.
INFO
Published Date :
Jan. 12, 2017, 10:59 p.m.
Last Modified :
April 20, 2025, 1:37 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Update the guile package to a patched version.
- Update the compat-guile18 package.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
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CVE-2016-8605.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2016-8605 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2016-8605
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2016-8605 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2016-8605 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/1 Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93510 Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6QTAGSDCTYXTABAA77BQJGNKOOBRV4DK/ Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNVE5N24FLWDYBQ3LAFMF6BFCWKDO7VM/ Added Reference https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UJP5S36GTXMDEBXWF6LKKV76DSLNQG44/ -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6QTAGSDCTYXTABAA77BQJGNKOOBRV4DK/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UJP5S36GTXMDEBXWF6LKKV76DSLNQG44/ [No types assigned] Added Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNVE5N24FLWDYBQ3LAFMF6BFCWKDO7VM/ [No types assigned] Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UJP5S36GTXMDEBXWF6LKKV76DSLNQG44/ Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNVE5N24FLWDYBQ3LAFMF6BFCWKDO7VM/ Removed Reference MITRE https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6QTAGSDCTYXTABAA77BQJGNKOOBRV4DK/ -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 18, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6QTAGSDCTYXTABAA77BQJGNKOOBRV4DK/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/6QTAGSDCTYXTABAA77BQJGNKOOBRV4DK/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UJP5S36GTXMDEBXWF6LKKV76DSLNQG44/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/UJP5S36GTXMDEBXWF6LKKV76DSLNQG44/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNVE5N24FLWDYBQ3LAFMF6BFCWKDO7VM/ No Types Assigned https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/[email protected]/message/FNVE5N24FLWDYBQ3LAFMF6BFCWKDO7VM/ Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93510 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93510 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/1 No Types Assigned http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/1 Third Party Advisory, Mailing List, Patch Added CWE CWE-275 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:gnu:guile:2.0.12:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 5.3
Base CVSS Score: 5
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.09 }} -0.03%
score
0.26392
percentile