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)
02 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)
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.27% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 18.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2012-10-01 00:00Z14 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 20:05Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-06-14
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ddaa064864bd9b7b281bb1b0aff0216099ead0b15ef0a08e15ddb25a5bb7d5ce
05 Affected products
06 References
- anonscm.debian.orghttp://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d23a5e6c90f7a37b0972b30f5d31dce97a93eb0
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2013:123http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:123
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comrpmdevtools-toctou-symlink(78230)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78230
- www.securityfocus.com55358http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55358
- wiki.mageia.orghttps://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0316
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848022
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-13208http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087335.html
- www.debian.orgDSA-2549http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2549
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-13263http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086159.html
- git.fedorahosted.orghttp://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/rpmdevtools.git/commit/?id=90b4400c2ab2e80cecfd8dfdf031536376ed2cdb
- secunia.com50600http://secunia.com/advisories/50600
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2012-13234http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086138.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1593-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1593-1
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20120831 [Notification] CVE-2012-3500 - rpmdevtools, devscripts: TOCTOU race condition in annotate-outputhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/7
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2012:1437http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00000.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- devscripts Fixed in 2.12.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- devscripts Fixed in 2.12.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- devscripts Fixed in 2.12.2
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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