CVE-2010-2241

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2010-08-17 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

The (1) setup-ds.pl and (2) setup-ds-admin.pl setup scripts for Red Hat Directory Server 8 before 8.2 use world-readable permissions when creating cache files, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information including passwords for Directory and Administration Server administrative accounts.

Affected products

RedHat Directory Server: 8.0, 8.1

References

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0590.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40811
http://www.osvdb.org/66962
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024281
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608032
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0590.html
http://secunia.com/advisories/40811
http://www.osvdb.org/66962
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1024281
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=608032

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