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Issue #1837

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CVE-2016-3111: pulp.spec generates its RSA keys for message signing insecurely

Added by jcline@redhat.com almost 8 years ago. Updated over 4 years ago.

Status:
CLOSED - CURRENTRELEASE
Priority:
High
Category:
-
Sprint/Milestone:
-
Start date:
Due date:
Estimated time:
Severity:
1. Low
Version:
Platform Release:
2.8.3
OS:
Triaged:
Yes
Groomed:
No
Sprint Candidate:
No
Tags:
Pulp 2
Sprint:
Quarter:

Description

During installation, the RSA key pairs used to validate messages between the pulp server and pulp consumers are generated in a directory that is world-readable with a umask of 002. After it was written, the permissions are modified to protect the key. For a brief moment, the RSA keys are world-readable. An attacker who has access to the host installing Pulp could theoretically open the file after it is created, but before its permissions are set, and read the private key.

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