CVE-2016-3111
pulp.spec in the installation process for Pulp 2.8.3 generates the RSA key pairs used to validate messages between the pulp server and…
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- redhat
Description
pulp.spec in the installation process for Pulp 2.8.3 generates the RSA key pairs used to validate messages between the pulp server and pulp consumers in a directory that is world-readable before later modifying the permissions, which might allow local users to read the generated RSA keys via reading the key files while the installation process is running.
Timeline
ID reserved
By redhat
- 15 months later
· 15 months later
Published
- 7 years later
· 7 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 3.0 | Medium5.5 | CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.39% · top 67% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.5.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (9)
- http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/pulp.git/tree/pulp.spec#n620 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- http://pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/pulp.git/tree/pulp.spec#n317 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326251 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=1146522 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- RHBA-2016:1501 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
- https://pulp.plan.io/issues/1837 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/master/pulp.spec#L894-L903 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
- [oss-security] 20160519 Pulp 2.8.3 Released to address multiple CVEs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
- https://github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/master/pulp.spec#L473-L486 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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