CVE-2012-3500

Summary

CVECVE-2012-3500
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-01 00:55:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-13 04:34:00 UTC
Descriptionscripts/annotate-output.sh in devscripts before 2.12.2, as used in rpmdevtools before 8.3, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary (1) standard output or (2) standard error output file.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts 2.12.0 All All All
Application Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts 2.12.0 All All All
Application Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts All All All All
Application Fedora Rpmdevtools All All All All
Application Fedora Rpmdevtools All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: rpmdevtools-8.3-1.fc18 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: rpmdevtools-8.3-1.fc17 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
404 Not Found CONFIRM anonscm.debian.org
openSUSE-SU-2012:1437-1: moderate: deb, update-alternatives SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0316 - Mageia wiki CONFIRM wiki.mageia.org
Security Advisory SA50600 - Debian update for devscripts - Secunia SECUNIA secunia.com Vendor Advisory
USN-1593-1: devscripts vulnerabilities | Ubuntu UBUNTU www.ubuntu.com
oss-security - [Notification] CVE-2012-3500 - rpmdevtools, devscripts: TOCTOU race condition in annotate-output MLIST www.openwall.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
404 Not Found MISC anonscm.debian.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:123 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com
Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement - Fedora Project Wiki CONFIRM git.fedorahosted.org Patch
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2549-1 devscripts DEBIAN www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
Malformed Request BID www.securityfocus.com
848022 – (CVE-2012-3500) CVE-2012-3500 rpmdevtools: TOCTOU race condition in annotate-output MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: rpmdevtools-8.3-1.fc16 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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