CVE-2012-2093

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-2093
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-05-18 22:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Descriptionsrc/common/latex.py in Gajim 0.15 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary latex file, related to the get_tmpfile_name function.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.3 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: CWE-59 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gajim Gajim 0.15 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Security Advisory SA48794 - Debian update for gajim - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: gajim-0.15-2.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Alerts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
Sign in · GitLab af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 trac.gajim.org
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Gajim: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 security.gentoo.org
Gajim CVE-2012-2093 Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Authentication portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hg.gajim.org
oss-security - Re: gajim insecure file creation when using latex af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 15 Update: gajim-0.15-2.fc15 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - gajim insecure file creation when using latex af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: gajim-0.15-2.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
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