PT-2013-1819 · Red Hat · Red Hat Server+2

Kurt Seifried + 1 · Published 2013-04-09 · Updated 2023-02-13 · CVE-2012-5635

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Storage Management Console version 2.0 Red Hat Native Client version 2.0 Red Hat Server version 2.0

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on multiple temporary files created by certain scripts, including tests/volume.rc and extras/hook-scripts/S30samba-stop.sh.

Recommendations For Red Hat Storage Management Console version 2.0, consider restricting access to the temporary files created by the vulnerable scripts until a fix is available. For Red Hat Native Client version 2.0, avoid using the vulnerable scripts in a way that could allow a symlink attack. For Red Hat Server version 2.0, restrict access to the vulnerable temporary files to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-5635

RHSA-2013:0691

Affected Products

Red Hat Native Client

Red Hat Server

Red Hat Storage Management Console

References · 6

• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886364 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5635 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5635 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-5635 · Vendor Advisory
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5635 · Vendor Advisory