CVE-2016-8605

guile: Thread-unsafe umask modification

Published Jan 12, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 5.3 Medium EPSS 2.8% KEV · Not listed
Description
The mkdir procedure of GNU Guile temporarily changed the process' umask to zero. During that time window, in a multithreaded application, other threads could end up creating files with insecure permissions. For example, mkdir without the optional mode argument would create directories as 0777. This is fixed in Guile 2.0.13. Prior versions are affected.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
Debian DLA Debian DLA DLA-666-1 guile-2.0 security update
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2016-9452 The mkdir procedure of GNU Guile temporarily changed the process' umask to zero. During that time window, in a multithreaded application, other threads could end up creating files with insecure permissions. For example, mkdir without the optional mode argument would create directories as 0777. This is fixed in Guile 2.0.13. Prior versions are affected.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00122}

epss

{'score': 0.00089}

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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 2:27 AM
Reserved
Oct 11, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jan 12, 2017, 10:59 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:54 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
Oct 10, 2016, 12:00 AM