CVE-2012-2451

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2012-05-02
CWE:
CWE-377
Bugzilla:
818386: CVE-2012-2451 perl-Config-IniFiles: insecure temporary file usage

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

The Config::IniFiles module before 2.71 for Perl creates temporary files with predictable names, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information. NOTE: it has been reported that this might only be exploitable by writing in the same directory as the .ini file. If this is the case, then this issue might not cross privilege boundaries.

Find out more about CVE-2012-2451 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates for Red Hat Network Proxy or Red Hat Network Satellite. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/.

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 Satellite Proxy 5.3 perl-Config-IniFiles Will not fix
Red Hat Satellite 5.4 perl-Config-IniFiles Will not fix

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