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CVE-2012-5577

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-10-28 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-276

Description

Python keyring lib before 0.10 created keyring files with world-readable permissions.

Affected products

• Debian Linux: 7.0
• Python keyring: before 0.10 — fixed in 0.10

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Python keyring 0.10. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/3
• https://bitbucket.org/kang/python-keyring-lib/commits/049cd181470f1ee6c540e1d64acf1def7b1de0c1
• https://bitbucket.org/kang/python-keyring-lib/issue/67/set-go-rwx-on-keyring_passcfg
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5577
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5577
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/11/27/3
• https://bitbucket.org/kang/python-keyring-lib/commits/049cd181470f1ee6c540e1d64acf1def7b1de0c1
• https://bitbucket.org/kang/python-keyring-lib/issue/67/set-go-rwx-on-keyring_passcfg
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5577
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5577

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