CVE-2016-2121

MediumCVSS 5.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

A permissions flaw was found in redis, which sets weak permissions on certain files and directories that could potentially contain sensitive information. A local, unprivileged user could possibly use this flaw to access unauthorized system information.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 5.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-732 CWE-264

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
[UNKNOWN]	redis	n/a

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94111Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3226Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2121Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94111Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3226Third Party Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-2121Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Oct 31, 2018
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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