CVE-2012-5635

low
Published 2013-04-09 · Modified 2026-04-29
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
2.1
VIR risk
2.1

Description

The GlusterFS functionality in Red Hat Storage Management Console 2.0, Native Client, and Server 2.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on multiple temporary files created by (1) tests/volume.rc, (2) extras/hook-scripts/S30samba-stop.sh, and possibly other vectors, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2012-4417.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5635

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=886364

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: secalert@redhat.com — http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed3.5.0-1
debian debianbullseyefixed3.5.0-1
debian debianforkyfixed3.5.0-1
debian debiansidfixed3.5.0-1
debian debiantrixiefixed3.5.0-1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
glusterglusterfs-
redhatstorage_management_console2.0
redhatstorage_native_client-
redhatstorage_server2.0

References

CWEs

CWE-264

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.