CVE-2012-3386

Summary

CVECVE-2012-3386
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-08-07 21:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:33:00 UTC
DescriptionThe "make distcheck" rule in GNU Automake before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 grants world-writable permissions to the extraction directory, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-264 | CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Gnu Automake 1.0 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.10 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.10.0.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.10.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.10.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.10.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.11.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.11.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.11.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.11.4 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.12 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.12.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 p1 All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 p2 All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 p3 All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 p4 All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 p5 All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 p6 All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.5 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.6 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.6.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.6.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.6.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.4 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.5 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.6 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.7 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.8 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.9 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.8 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.8.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.8.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.8.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.8.4 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.8.5 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9.4 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9.5 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9.6 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.0 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.10 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.10.0.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.10.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.10.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.10.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.11.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.11.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.11.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.11.4 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.12 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.12.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 p1 All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 p2 All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 p3 All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 p4 All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 p5 All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.4 p6 All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.5 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.6 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.6.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.6.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.6.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.4 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.5 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.6 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.7 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.8 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.7.9 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.8 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.8.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.8.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.8.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.8.4 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.8.5 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9.1 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9.2 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9.3 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9.4 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9.5 All All All
Application Gnu Automake 1.9.6 All All All
Application Gnu Automake All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: automake-1.11.6-1.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2012-3386 Automake security fix for 'make distcheck' MLIST lists.gnu.org Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: automake17-1.7.9-16.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
Bug 838286 – CVE-2012-3386 automake: locally exploitable "make distcheck" bug MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
GNU Automake 1.11.6 released (fixes a SECURITY VULNERABILITY!) MLIST lists.gnu.org Patch
GNU Automake 1.12.2 released (fixes a SECURITY VULNERABILITY!) MLIST lists.gnu.org Patch
automake.git - GNU Automake CONFIRM git.savannah.gnu.org Exploit, Patch
CVE-2012-3386 - Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
openSUSE-SU-2012:1519-1: automake: fixed a race condition SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2012:103 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT rhn.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: automake-1.11.6-1.fc16 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
Red Hat Customer Portal MISC access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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