| Name | CVE-2012-5530 |
| Description | The (1) pcmd and (2) pmlogger init scripts in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.10 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/##### temporary file. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 698735 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pcp (PTS) | bullseye | 5.2.6-1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 6.0.3-1.1 | fixed |
| sid | 6.3.1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pcp | source | squeeze | 3.3.3-squeeze3 | | | |
| pcp | source | (unstable) | 3.7.1 | low | | 698735 |
Notes
first package in unstable is 3.7.1 (package has no debian revision)