VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-3500
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.
LOW 1.2EPSS 0.27%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.27%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 1.2 LOWAV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 0.27% probability · 19th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-362
- Affected
- devscripts devel team/devscripts
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d23a5e6c90f7a37b0972b30f5d31dce97a93eb0
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/rpmdevtools.git/commit/?id=90b4400c2ab2e80cecfd8dfdf031536376ed2cdbPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086138.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086159.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087335.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50600Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2549Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:123
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55358
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1593-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848022
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78230
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0316
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d23a5e6c90f7a37b0972b30f5d31dce97a93eb0
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/rpmdevtools.git/commit/?id=90b4400c2ab2e80cecfd8dfdf031536376ed2cdbPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086138.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086159.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087335.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50600Vendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2549Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:123
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/7
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55358
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1593-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848022
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78230
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0316
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.