CVE-2012-0878 Information

Description

Paste Script 1.7.5 and earlier does not properly set group memberships during execution with root privileges which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions by leveraging a web application that uses the local filesystem.

Reference

http://groups.google.com/group/paste-users/browse_thread/thread/2aa651ba331c2471 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1206.html http://secunia.com/advisories/48812 http://secunia.com/advisories/50410 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/1 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/02/23/4 https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pastescript/changeset/a19e462769b4 https://bitbucket.org/ianb/pastescript/pull-request/3/fix-group-permissions-for-pastescriptserve https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=796790