PYSEC-2017-72

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    PYSEC-2017-72

    Published: 25 Jul 2017Last Modified: 10 Jun 2026

    Summary:

    Details: sosreport 3.2 uses weak permissions for generated sosreport archives, which allows local users with access to /var/tmp/ to obtain sensitive information by reading the contents of the archive.

    References: https://github.com/sosreport/sos/commit/d7759d3ddae5fe99a340c88a1d370d65cfa73fd6, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1218658, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gw46-8559-cggp

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sosreport

    Purl: pkg:pypi/sosreport

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -d7759d3ddae5fe99a340c88a1d370d65cfa73fd6

    Affected versions

    3.2
    3.2.0a1

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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