CVE-2012-3292
highpriority · track · 31EPSS 0.031 · 88 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-28
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.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · medium–high · 6.5–7.6
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affected products (25)
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references (15)
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- http://globus.org/toolkit/Patchcnnvd
- http://jira.globus.org/browse/GT-195cnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081787.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081791.htmlcnnvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081797.htmlcnnvd
- http://jira.globus.org/browse/GT-195enisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081787.htmlenisa_euvd
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081791.htmlenisa_euvd
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