Globus Toolkit grid-proxy-init race condition

globus-grid-proxy-race-condition (28408) The risk level is classified as MediumMedium Risk

Description:

Globus Toolkit could allow a local attacker to obtain sensitive information, caused by a race condition in the GSI Proxy generation tool (grid-proxy-init) between the opening of the proxy credentials file and the file permissions verification. A local attacker could exploit this vulnerability to obtain proxy credentials.

Platforms Affected:

  • Globus Project and Globus Toolkit, Globus Toolkit 3.2x
  • Globus Project and Globus Toolkit, Globus Toolkit 4.0.x
  • Globus Project and Globus Toolkit, Globus Toolkit 4.1.0

Remedy:

Upgrade to the latest version of Globus Toolkit (3.2.1 or later) or (4.0.2 or later or later), available from the Globus Toolkit Web site. See References.

Consequences:

Obtain Information

References:

Reported:

Aug 15, 2006

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