CVE-2012-5578

Publication date 25 November 2019

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

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Cvss 3 Severity Score

Score breakdown

Description

Python keyring has insecure permissions on new databases allowing world-readable files to be created

Status

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Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
python-keyring	13.10 saucy	Fixed 0.9.2-1ubuntu2
	13.04 raring	Fixed 0.9.2-1ubuntu2
	12.10 quantal	Fixed 0.9.2-1ubuntu0.2
	12.04 LTS precise	Fixed 0.9.2-0ubuntu0.12.04.2
	11.10 oneiric	Fixed 0.9.2-0ubuntu0.11.10.2
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life
	8.04 LTS hardy	Not in release

Patch details

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Package	Patch details
python-keyring	Upstream: https://bitbucket.org/kang/python-keyring-lib/issue-attachment/76/kang/python-keyring-lib/1353350156.26/76/file_permissions-92.patch

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 6.2 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Local
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	High
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	6.2 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

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