CVE-2012-1088 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

32%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

81%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

iproute 2

First reported 11 years ago

2014-02-15 14:57:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-08-23 02:05:00

Affected Software

iproute 2 3.0.0

3.0.0

iproute 2 3.1.0

3.1.0

References

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git;a=commit;h=20ed7b24df05eadf83168d1d0ce0052a31380928

http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git;a=commit;h=e557d1ac3a156ba7521ba44b0b412af4542f83f8

HPSBGN02970

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=797878

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