CVE-2012-3500

Published: Oct 1, 2012Modified: Apr 29, 2026

1.2

Vector

AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Exploitability: 1.9 / Impact: 2.9

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (2)

Products: Devscripts Devel Team: Devscripts

Devscripts Devel Team

1 product

Devscripts

Configuration A

2 vulnerable · 1 platform

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts	Up to 2.12.1
Devscripts Devel Team Devscripts	Version 2.12.0

Running on/with	Platform Versions
Fedora Rpmdevtools	Up to 8.2-1

Related CWEs

CWE-362

Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

The product contains a code sequence that can run concurrently with other code, and the code sequence requires temporary, exclusive access to a shared resource, but a timing window exists in which the shared resource can be modified by another code sequence that is operating concurrently.

References (30)

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d23a5e6c90f7a37b0972b30f5d31dce97a93eb0

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/rpmdevtools.git/commit/?id=90b4400c2ab2e80cecfd8dfdf031536376ed2cdb

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Patch

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086138.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086159.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087335.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00000.html

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://secunia.com/advisories/50600

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2549

Source: secalert@redhat.com

Vendor Advisory

http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:123

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/7

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55358

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1593-1

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848022

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78230

Source: secalert@redhat.com

https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0316

Source: secalert@redhat.com

http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d23a5e6c90f7a37b0972b30f5d31dce97a93eb0