CVE-2013-4223 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

The Gentoo Nullmailer package before 1.11-r2 uses world-readable permissions for /etc/nullmailer/remotes, which allows local users to obtain SMTP authentication credentials by reading the file.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00433.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Gentoo	Nullmailer

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:gentoo:nullmailer:1.11:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2013-4127	The Gentoo Nullmailer package before 1.11-r2 uses world-readable permissions for /etc/nullmailer/remotes, which allows local users to obtain SMTP authentication credentials by reading the file.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://osvdb.org/96177
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/337
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2013/q3/339
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/61743
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=480376
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/86384

History

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MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2014-05-23T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T16:38:01.736Z

Reserved: 2013-06-12T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2013-4223

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2014-05-23T14:55:11.443

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2013-4223

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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