CVE-2012-3500

NameCVE-2012-3500
Descriptionscripts/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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-2549-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
devscripts (PTS)buster2.19.5+deb10u1fixed
bullseye2.21.3+deb11u1fixed
bookworm2.23.4+deb12u1fixed
sid, trixie2.23.7fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
devscriptssourcesqueeze2.10.69+squeeze4DSA-2549-1
devscriptssource(unstable)2.12.2
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