CVE-2019-12779

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Summary

CVECVE-2019-12779
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-06-07 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-03 05:15:00 UTC
Descriptionlibqb before 1.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, because it uses predictable filenames (under /dev/shm and /tmp) without O_EXCL.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Clusterlabs Libqb All All All All
Application Clusterlabs Libqb All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Release v1.0.4 · ClusterLabs/libqb · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
Release v1.0.5 · ClusterLabs/libqb · GitHub MISC github.com Release Notes, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1752-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
libqb: Insecure temporary file (GLSA 202107-03) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
1695948 – (CVE-2019-12779) CVE-2019-12779 libqb: Insecure treatment of IPC (temporary) files MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Insecure Temporary Files · Issue #338 · ClusterLabs/libqb · GitHub MISC github.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1891-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Libqb CVE-2019-12779 Local Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability BID www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2019:1718-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Red Hat Customer Portal REDHAT access.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 377316 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for libqb (ALINUX2-SA-2020:0080)
  • 710086 Gentoo Linux libqb Insecure temporary file vulnerability (GLSA 202107-03)
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