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Ubuntu: (CVE-2016-2121): redis vulnerability

Severity
2
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Oct 31, 2018
Added
Nov 19, 2024
Modified
Apr 16, 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.

Solutions

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-redisubuntu-upgrade-redis
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