PT-2012-3802 · Gajim · Gajim

Nico Golde · Published 2012-05-18 · Updated 2024-06-15 · CVE-2012-2093

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.3

Low

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Gajim version 0.15

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary latex file, related to the get tmpfile name function in src/common/latex.py.

Recommendations For Gajim version 0.15, consider restricting access to the get tmpfile name function in src/common/latex.py to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-2093

DSA-2453-1

DSA-2453-2

OPENSUSE-SU-2024:10547-1

Affected Products

Gajim

References · 22

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2093 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079237.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48695 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-2093 · Vendor Advisory
• http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-04.xml · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-2093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-2093 · Security Note
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079169.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-2093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2024:10547-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-2093 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079241.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-2093 · Vendor Advisory
• https://trac.gajim.org/changeset/13759/src/common/latex.py · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/6 · Note