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title: "CVE-2012-3500\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2012-3500

Publication date 3 September 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

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.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3500?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| devscripts | 12.04 LTS precise | Fixed 2.11.6ubuntu1.4 |
| 11.10 oneiric | Fixed 2.11.1ubuntu3.2 |
| 11.04 natty | Fixed 2.10.69ubuntu2.2 |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Fixed 2.10.61ubuntu5.3 |
| 8.04 LTS hardy | Ignored end of life |

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* [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)
* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)
* [Patch details](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-3500?format=md#patch-details)

## Notes

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### [tyhicks](https://launchpad.net/~tyhicks)

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

### Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security)

| Package | Patch details |
| --- | --- |
| devscripts | * 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> |

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3500)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3500)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2012-3500)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3500)

### Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

+ [USN-1593-1](https://usn.ubuntu.com/USN-1593-1)
+ devscripts vulnerabilities
+ 2 October 2012

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3500>