CVE-2012-3355

Summary

CVECVE-2012-3355
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-07-17 21:55:02 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 UTC
Description(1) AlbumTab.py, (2) ArtistTab.py, (3) LinksTab.py, and (4) LyricsTab.py in the Context module in GNOME Rhythmbox 0.13.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on a temporary HTML template file in the /tmp/context directory.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 3.6 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-94 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.10.0 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.10.0.90 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.10.1 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.11.0 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.11.1 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.11.2 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.11.3 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.11.4 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.11.5 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.11.6 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.12.0 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.12.1 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.12.2 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.12.3 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.12.4 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.12.5 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.12.6 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.12.7 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.12.8 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.13.0 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.13.1 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.13.2 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.5.0 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.5.1 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.5.2 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.5.3 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.5.4 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.5.88 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.6.0 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.6.1 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.6.2 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.6.3 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.6.4 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.6.5 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.6.6 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.6.7 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.6.8 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.7.0 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.7.1 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.7.2 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.8.0 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.8.1 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.8.2 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.8.3 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.8.4 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.8.5 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.8.6 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.8.7 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.8.8 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.9.0 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.9.1 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.9.2 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.9.3 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.9.3.1 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.9.4 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.9.4.1 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.9.5 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.9.6 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.9.6.90 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.9.7 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox 0.9.8 All All All
Application Gnome Rhythmbox All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Rhythmbox 'context' Plugin Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
oss-security - CVE 2011-* Request -- rhythmbox (context plug-in): Insecure temporary directory use by loading template files for 'Album', 'Lyrics', and 'Artist' tabs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
Bug 678661 – context plugin uses insecure temporary directory af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.gnome.org
835076 – (CVE-2012-3355) CVE-2012-3355 rhythmbox (context plug-in): Insecure temporary directory use by loading template files for 'Album', 'Lyrics', and 'Artist' tabs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
oss-security - Re: CVE 2011-* Request -- rhythmbox (context plug-in): Insecure temporary directory use by loading template files for 'Album', 'Lyrics', and 'Artist' tabs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
hermes.opensuse.org/messages/15351848 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 hermes.opensuse.org
USN-1503-1: Rhythmbox vulnerability | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
CVE-2012-3355 | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 people.canonical.com
#616673 - rhythmbox-plugins: CVE-2012-3355 Plugin "context" contains hardcoded path to /tmp/context/ - Debian Bug report logs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugs.debian.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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