FKIE_CVE-2011-2916

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2019-11-15 18:15 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:32
Severity
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Summary
qtnx 0.9 stores non-custom SSH keys in a world-readable configuration file. If a user has a world-readable or world-executable home directory, another local system user could obtain the private key used to connect to remote NX sessions.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttps://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2916Broken Link
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2916Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
secalert@redhat.comhttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2916Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2011-2916Broken Link
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2011-2916Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2011-2916Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
qtnx_project qtnx 0.9
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          "vendor": "qtnx",
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              "status": "affected",
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            }
          ]
        }
      ],
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    }
  ],
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    },
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      "value": "qtnx versi\u00f3n 0.9 almacena claves SSH no personalizadas en un archivo de configuraci\u00f3n tipo world-readable. Si un usuario posee un directorio de inicio world-readable o world-executable, otro usuario del sistema local podr\u00eda obtener la clave privada utilizada para conectarse a sesiones remotas de NX."
    }
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:32:14.940",
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