CVE-2012-5659 Affecting libreport-cli package, versions <0:2.0.9-5.el6_3.2


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on CentOS security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-CENTOS6-LIBREPORTCLI-2067177
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Jan 2013

Introduced: 30 Jan 2013

CVE-2012-5659  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Centos:6 libreport-cli to version 0:2.0.9-5.el6_3.2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libreport-cli package and not the libreport-cli package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:6 relevant fixed versions and status.

Untrusted search path vulnerability in plugins/abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache.c in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 and earlier allows local users to load and execute arbitrary Python modules by modifying the PYTHONPATH environment variable to reference a malicious Python module.

CVSS Scores

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