CVE-2012-3386
It was found that the distcheck rule in Automake-generated Makefiles made a directory world-writable when preparing source archives. If a malicious, local user could access this directory, they could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running "make distcheck".
Find out more about CVE-2012-3386 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
Statement
This issue affects the version of automake15, automake16 and automake17 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue affects the version of automake15 and automake16 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6. A future update may address this flaw in various affected versions of automake.
CVSS v2 metrics
| Base Score | 3.7 |
|---|---|
| Base Metrics | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Access Vector | Local |
| Access Complexity | High |
| Authentication | None |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial |
| Integrity Impact | Partial |
| Availability Impact | Partial |
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Red Hat Security Errata
| Platform | Errata | Release Date |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (automake) | RHSA-2013:0526 | 2013-02-20 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 (automake) | RHSA-2014:1243 | 2014-09-16 |
Affected Packages State
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | automake15 | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | automake16 | Fix deferred |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | automake15 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | automake16 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | automake17 | Will not fix |