CVE-2012-3500

Publication date 3 September 2012

Last updated 24 July 2024

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

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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

Notes

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

Patch details

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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

CVE-2012-3500

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