High severity7.5NVD Advisory· Published Jun 8, 2017· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2016-3112
CVE-2016-3112
Description
client/consumer/cli.py in Pulp before 2.8.3 writes consumer private keys to etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert.pem as world-readable, which allows remote authenticated users to obtain the consumer private keys and escalate privileges by reading /etc/pki/pulp/consumer/consumer-cert, and authenticating as a consumer user.
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References
5- pulp.plan.io/issues/1834nvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/05/20/1nvdMailing ListThird Party Advisory
- bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cginvdIssue Tracking
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvdIssue Tracking
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2016:1501nvd
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