CVE-2016-4984

MEDIUM

openldap-servers - Race Condition in TLS Certificate Generation

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

/usr/libexec/openldap/generate-server-cert.sh in openldap-servers sets weak permissions for the TLS certificate, which allows local users to obtain the TLS certificate by leveraging a race condition between the creation of the certificate, and the chmod to protect it.

References (1)

Core 1
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1346120

Scores

CVSS v3 4.7
EPSS 0.0015
EPSS Percentile 4.6%
Attack Vector LOCAL
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-362
Status published
Products (1)
openldap/openldap-servers
Published Jul 17, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026