PT-2012-5388 · Red Hat · Glusterfs

Jim Meyering + 1 · Published 2012-11-18 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-4417

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

3.6

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions GlusterFS version 3.3.0

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files with predictable names.

Recommendations For GlusterFS version 3.3.0, consider restricting access to temporary files to prevent symlink attacks until a patch is available.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-4417

RHSA-2012:1456

Affected Products

Glusterfs

References · 9

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4417 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2012-1456.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4417 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-4417 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-4417 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=856341 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1027756 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80074 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/56522 · Note