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pastescript — security advisory
Paste Script 1.7.5 and earlier does not properly set group memberships during execution with root privileges, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions by leveraging a web application that uses the local filesystem.
- Products
- pastescript
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 1.7.5-2
- CVEs
- CVE-2012-0878
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 31 Oct 2026, 22:41 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Paste Script 1.7.5 and earlier does not properly set group memberships during execution with root privileges, which might allow remote attackers to bypass intended file-access restrictions by leveraging a web application that uses the local filesystem.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2012-0878
pastescript
Fixed versions: 1.7.5-2
pastescript
Fixed versions: 1.7.5-2
pastescript
Fixed versions: 1.7.5-2
Complete source record
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