CVE-2020-12658
highpriority · track · 40EPSS 0.018 · 78 %ileEUUSEPSS · scored 2026-10-27
gssproxy (aka gss-proxy) before 0.8.3 does not unlock cond_mutex before pthread exit in gp_worker_main() in gp_workers.c. NOTE: An upstream comment states "We are already on a shutdown path when running the code in question, so a DoS there doesn't make any sense, and there has been no additional information provided us (as upstream) to indicate why this would be a problem.
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base score 0–10 · higher = more severe · hover a vector to decode⚠ sources disagree · high–critical · 7.5–9.8
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affected products (3)
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references (15)
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- https://github.com/gssapi/gssproxy/commit/cb761412e299ef907f22cd7c4146d50c8a792003cnnvd
- https://github.com/gssapi/gssproxy/compare/v0.8.2...v0.8.3cnnvd
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/01/msg00004.htmlcnnvd
- https://pagure.io/gssproxy/c/cb761412e299ef907f22cd7c4146d50c8a792003?branch=mastercnnvd
- https://vigilance.fr/vulnerability/gssproxy-privilege-escalation-via-gp-worker-main-34237cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.0031/cnnvd
- https://www.auscert.org.au/bulletins/ESB-2021.1177cnnvd
- https://github.com/gssapi/gssproxy/commit/cb761412e299ef907f22cd7c4146d50c8a792003enisa_euvd
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