CVE-2012-3355

Impact:
Low
Public Date:
2011-03-06
CWE:
CWE-377
Bugzilla:
835076: CVE-2012-3355 rhythmbox (context plug-in): Insecure temporary directory use by loading template files for 'Album', 'Lyrics', and 'Artist' tabs

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

(1) AlbumTab.py, (2) ArtistTab.py, (3) LinksTab.py, and (4) LyricsTab.py in the Context module in GNOME Rhythmbox 0.13.3 and earlier allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a symlink attack on a temporary HTML template file in the /tmp/context directory.

Find out more about CVE-2012-3355 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

This issue does not affect the version of rhythmbox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue affects the version of rhythmbox as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Low security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. 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 Enterprise Linux 6 rhythmbox Will not fix
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 rhythmbox Not affected

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