Race Condition Affecting devscripts package, versions <2.11.6ubuntu1.4


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (12th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1204-DEVSCRIPTS-293280
  • published1 Oct 2012
  • disclosed1 Oct 2012

Introduced: 1 Oct 2012

CVE-2012-3500  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-362  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:12.04 devscripts to version 2.11.6ubuntu1.4 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream devscripts package and not the devscripts package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:12.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

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 Scores

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