CVE-2012-3386
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.4
Description
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 1:1.11.6-1 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 1:1.11.6-1 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 1:1.4-p6-13.1 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 1:1.4-p6-13.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| gnu | automake | {"endIncluding":"1.11.5"} | |
| gnu | automake | 1.0 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.2 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.3 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.4 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.5 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.6 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.6.1 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.6.2 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.6.3 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.7 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.7.1 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.7.2 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.7.3 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.7.4 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.7.5 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.7.6 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.7.7 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.7.8 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.7.9 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.8 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.8.1 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.8.2 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.8.3 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.8.4 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.8.5 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.9 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.9.1 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.9.2 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.9.3 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.9.4 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.9.5 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.9.6 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.10 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.10.0.3 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.10.1 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.10.2 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.10.3 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.11.1 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.11.2 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.11.3 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.11.4 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.12 | |
| gnu | automake | 1.12.1 | |
References
- http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-October/089187.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087538.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087665.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00038.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0526.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:103
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00021.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00022.html
- https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3386
CWEs
CWE-264 CWE-362
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.