436906 – (CVE-2012-3500) <dev-util/rpmdevtools-8.3: Race condition in devscripts (CVE-2012-3500)

Bug 436906 (CVE-2012-3500) - <dev-util/rpmdevtools-8.3: Race condition in devscripts (CVE-2012-3500)

Summary: <dev-util/rpmdevtools-8.3: Race condition in devscripts (CVE-2012-3500)

Status:	RESOLVED FIXED

Alias:	CVE-2012-3500

Product:	Gentoo Security
Classification:	Unclassified
Component:	Vulnerabilities (show other bugs)
Hardware:	All Linux

Importance:	Normal trivial
Assignee:	Gentoo Security

URL:	http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=C...
Whiteboard:	~3 [noglsa]
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Blocks:

Reported:	2012-10-02 00:53 UTC by GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot
Modified:	2012-12-04 22:37 UTC (History)
CC List:	1 user (show)

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Description GLSAMaker/CVETool Bot gentoo-dev

2012-10-02 00:53:35 UTC

CVE-2012-3500 (http://nvd.nist.gov/nvd.cfm?cvename=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.

Comment 1 Tomáš Chvátal (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-12-04 08:36:01 UTC

Bumped to 8.3 and removed older version.

Comment 2 Sean Amoss (RETIRED) gentoo-dev

2012-12-04 22:37:54 UTC

Thanks, Tomáš!

Closing noglsa for ~arch only issue.