CVE-2012-3378

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3378
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-31 18:55:00 UTC
Updated2012-09-05 04:00:00 UTC
DescriptionThe register_application function in atk-adaptor/bridge.c in GNOME at-spi2-atk 2.5.2 does not seed the random number generator and generates predictable temporary file names, which makes it easier for local users to create or truncate files via a symlink attack on a temporary socket file in /tmp/at-spi2.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-310

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnome At-spi2-atk 2.5.2 All All All
Application Gnome At-spi2-atk 2.5.2 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Three CVE requests: at-spi2-atk, as31, naxsi MLIST www.openwall.com
#678026 - libatk-adaptor: CVE-2012-3378: insecure tempdir handling - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org
Bug 678348 – Creates a potentially insecure non-randomized /tmp/at-spi2 directory to store sockets CONFIRM bugzilla.gnome.org
oss-security - Re: Three CVE requests: at-spi2-atk, as31, naxsi MLIST www.openwall.com
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