{"id":"DEBIAN-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":"2026-09-05T06:47:29.843715182Z","published":"2012-06-07T20:55:02.353Z","upstream":["CVE-2012-3292"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3292"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"globus-gridftp-server","ecosystem":"Debian:12","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/globus-gridftp-server?arch=source&distro=bookworm"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.5-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3292.json"}},{"package":{"name":"globus-gridftp-server","ecosystem":"Debian:13","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/globus-gridftp-server?arch=source&distro=trixie"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.5-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3292.json"}},{"package":{"name":"globus-gridftp-server","ecosystem":"Debian:14","purl":"pkg:deb/debian/globus-gridftp-server?arch=source&distro=forky"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.5-1"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"urgency":"not yet assigned"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3292.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.9.0"}