CVE-2016-3111: pulpproject pulp
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2016-3111 is a medium (CVSS 5.5) vulnerability in pulpproject pulp. EPSS estimates a 0.39% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 31.5% of scored vulnerabilities.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 08-06-2017PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 05-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
pulp.spec in the installation process for Pulp 2.8.3 generates the RSA key pairs used to validate messages between the pulp server and pulp consumers in a directory that is world-readable before later modifying the permissions, which might allow local users to read the generated RSA keys via reading the key files while the installation process is running.
CVSS metrics
2 scores · 1 source · 2 versionsEPSS trend
Probability
0.39%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
32%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 0.39% on 18-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
0 foundNo public exploits indexed.
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeAffected systems
Pulpproject1 product
- pulp≤ 2.8.2-1
1 vendor · 1 product
References
9 links- pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/pulp.git/tree/pulp.specX Refsource MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- pkgs.fedoraproject.org/cgit/rpms/pulp.git/tree/pulp.specX Refsource MISCIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/master/pulp.specX Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
- github.com/pulp/pulp/blob/master/pulp.specX Refsource CONFIRMIssue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory