CVE-2012-3500

Publication date 3 September 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

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.

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Status

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

Notes


tyhicks

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

References

Related Ubuntu Security Notices (USN)

    • USN-1593-1
    • devscripts vulnerabilities
    • 2 October 2012

Other references