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CVE-2012-3500

Published: 3 September 2012

scripts/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.

Notes

AuthorNote
tyhicks
If TMPDIR is not changed, mitigated by yama in Natty and newer

Priority

Low

Status

Package Release Status
devscripts
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
hardy Ignored
(end of life)
lucid
Released (2.10.61ubuntu5.3)
natty
Released (2.10.69ubuntu2.2)
oneiric
Released (2.11.1ubuntu3.2)
precise
Released (2.11.6ubuntu1.4)
upstream
Released (2.12.2)
Patches:
upstream: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/attachment.cgi?id=604260&action=diff
vendor: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git;a=commit;h=1bbe2163987c53064a4cd57712927f4b06c01032
vendor: http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git;a=commit;h=4d23a5e6c90f7a37b0972b30f5d31dce97a93eb0