CVE-2012-4455

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2012-09-07
CWE:
CWE-377
Bugzilla:
730636: CVE-2012-4454 CVE-2012-4455 opencryptoki: insecure handling of files in the /tmp directory

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

openCryptoki 2.4.1 allows local users to create or set world-writable permissions on arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the (1) LCK..opencryptoki or (2) LCK..opencryptoki_stdll file in /var/lock/.

Find out more about CVE-2012-4455 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

Statement

Not vulnerable. This issue did not affect the openCryptoki packages as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6.

CVSS v2 metrics

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

Base Score 6.2
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Complete
Integrity Impact Complete
Availability Impact Complete

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Affected Packages State

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

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