CVE-2012-3500
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
1.2
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 2.12.2 |
| sid | Fixed | 2.12.2 |
| forky | Fixed | 2.12.2 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 2.12.2 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 2.12.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| devscripts_devel_team | devscripts | {"endIncluding":"2.12.1"} | |
| devscripts_devel_team | devscripts | 2.12.0 | |
| fedora | rpmdevtools | {"endIncluding":"8.2-1"} | |
References
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d23a5e6c90f7a37b0972b30f5d31dce97a93eb0
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/rpmdevtools.git/commit/?id=90b4400c2ab2e80cecfd8dfdf031536376ed2cdb
- 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/50600
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2549
- 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
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3500
CWEs
CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.