CVE-2012-3500

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Summary

CVECVE-2012-3500
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2012-10-01 00:55:01 UTC
Updated2026-04-29 01:13:23 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 1.2 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: CWE-362 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 17 Update: rpmdevtools-8.3-1.fc17 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Malformed Request af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0316 - Mageia wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 wiki.mageia.org
Infrastructure/Fedorahosted-retirement - Fedora Project Wiki af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 git.fedorahosted.org Patch
848022 – (CVE-2012-3500) CVE-2012-3500 rpmdevtools: TOCTOU race condition in annotate-output af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 18 Update: rpmdevtools-8.3-1.fc18 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2013:123 | Mandriva af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mandriva.com
oss-security - [Notification] CVE-2012-3500 - rpmdevtools, devscripts: TOCTOU race condition in annotate-output af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.openwall.com
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 anonscm.debian.org
USN-1593-1: devscripts vulnerabilities | Ubuntu af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.ubuntu.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 16 Update: rpmdevtools-8.3-1.fc16 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.fedoraproject.org
Security Advisory SA50600 - Debian update for devscripts - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Vendor Advisory
openSUSE-SU-2012:1437-1: moderate: deb, update-alternatives af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-2549-1 devscripts af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.debian.org Vendor Advisory
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
404 Not Found MITRE anonscm.debian.org
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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