{"id":"CVE-2012-3292","details":"The GridFTP in Globus Toolkit (GT) before 5.2.2, when certain autoconf macros are defined, does not properly check the return value from the getpwnam_r function, which might allow remote attackers to gain privileges by logging in with a user that does not exist, which causes GridFTP to run as the last user in the password file.","modified":"2026-04-10T03:44:16.766081Z","published":"2012-06-07T20:55:02Z","references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2523"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://jira.globus.org/browse/GT-195"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081787.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081791.html"},{"type":"WEB","url":"http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-June/081797.html"}],"schema_version":"1.7.5"}