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Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-3386

Original release date:08/07/2012

Last revised:04/05/2013

Source: US-CERT/NIST

Overview

The "make distcheck" rule in GNU Automake before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 grants world-writable permissions to the extraction directory, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS v2 Base Score:4.4 (MEDIUM) (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) (legend)

Impact Subscore: 6.4

Exploitability Subscore: 3.4

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

Access Vector: Locally exploitable

Access Complexity: Medium

Authentication: Not required to exploit

Impact Type:Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; Allows unauthorized modification; Allows disruption of service

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External Source: MLIST

Name: [automake] 20120709 CVE-2012-3386 Automake security fix for 'make distcheck'

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [automake] 20120709 GNU Automake 1.12.2 released (fixes a SECURITY VULNERABILITY!)

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [automake] 20120709 GNU Automake 1.11.6 released (fixes a SECURITY VULNERABILITY!)

Type: Patch Information

Hyperlink:https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76

Type: Patch Information; Exploit

Hyperlink:http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76

External Source: MANDRIVA

Name: MDVSA-2012:103

Hyperlink:http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103

External Source: REDHAT

Name: RHSA-2013:0526

Hyperlink:http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html

External Source: SUSE

Name: openSUSE-SU-2012:1519

Hyperlink:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-14297

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-14349

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html

External Source: FEDORA

Name: FEDORA-2012-14770

Hyperlink:http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html

Vulnerable software and versions

Configuration 1

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.11.5 and previous versions

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.11.4

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.11.3

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.11.2

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.11.1

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.10.3

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.10.1

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.10.0.3

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.10.2

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.10

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.9

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.9.4

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.9.3

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.9.2

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.9.1

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.9.6

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.9.5

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.8.2

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.8.1

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.8

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.8.5

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.8.4

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.8.3

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.7.9

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.7

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.7.3

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.7.4

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.7.1

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.7.2

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.7.7

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.7.8

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.7.5

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.7.6

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.6

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.6.3

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.6.1

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.6.2

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.5

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.4:p6

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.4

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.4:p1

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.4:p3

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.4:p2

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.4:p5

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.4:p4

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.3

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.2

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.0

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.12

* cpe:/a:gnu:automake:1.12.1

* Denotes Vulnerable Software

Technical Details

Vulnerability Type (View All)

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Control (CWE-264)
Race Conditions (CWE-362)

CVE Standard Vulnerability Entry:http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3386