PT-2001-1597 · Gnu+1 · Readline+1

Published 2001-06-27 · Updated 2017-10-10 · CVE-2001-0378

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions OpenBSD versions prior to the version that includes readline 4.1 readline versions prior to 4.1

Description The issue allows a local attacker to recover potentially sensitive information via readline history files due to insecure permissions set by readline.

Recommendations For OpenBSD versions prior to the version that includes readline 4.1, update readline to version 4.1 or later. For readline versions prior to 4.1, update to version 4.1 or later.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2001-0378

Affected Products

Openbsd

Readline

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0378 · Security Note
• ftp://ftp.openbsd.org/pub/OpenBSD/patches/2.8/common/024_readline.patch · Patch
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/6586 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/5680 · Note