PT-2012-5950 · Canonical · Xdiagnose

Alec Warner + 1 · Published 2012-10-10 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-5355

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 xdiagnose versions prior to 2.5.2ubuntu0.1

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file with a predictable name in /tmp.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.5.2ubuntu0.1, update to version 2.5.2ubuntu0.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5355

Affected Products

Xdiagnose

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5355 · Security Note
• http://ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1591-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://secunia.com/advisories/50854 · Vendor Advisory
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/xdiagnose/+bug/1036211 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/85882 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/79475 · Note