CVE-2012-1088

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-02-15
CWE:
CWE-377
Bugzilla:
797878: CVE-2012-1088 iproute: multiple insecure temporary file use issues

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

iproute2 before 3.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file used by (1) configure or (2) examples/dhcp-client-script.

Find out more about CVE-2012-1088 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

These issues only affect a script used during package build and do not affect binary iproute packages shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. Therefore, they are not planned to be addressed in iproute packages in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, they are only planned to be addressed in the future Red Hat Enterprise Linux versions.

CVSS v2 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v2 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score 1.9
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None

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Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 iproute Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 iproute Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 iproute Will not fix

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