Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Jan 12, 2017· Updated May 6, 2026
CVE-2016-8605
CVE-2016-8605
Description
The mkdir procedure of GNU Guile temporarily changed the process' umask to zero. During that time window, in a multithreaded application, other threads could end up creating files with insecure permissions. For example, mkdir without the optional mode argument would create directories as 0777. This is fixed in Guile 2.0.13. Prior versions are affected.
Affected products
4cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:24:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:25:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
5- www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/10/12/1nvdMailing ListPatchThird Party Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/93510nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6QTAGSDCTYXTABAA77BQJGNKOOBRV4DK/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/FNVE5N24FLWDYBQ3LAFMF6BFCWKDO7VM/nvd
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/UJP5S36GTXMDEBXWF6LKKV76DSLNQG44/nvd
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