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CVE-2012-3386
Published: Aug 7, 2012
Modified: Aug 6, 2024
PUBLISHED
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
FEDORA-2012-14770
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
MDVSA-2012:103
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_MANDRIVA
openSUSE-SU-2012:1519
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_SUSE
FEDORA-2012-14349
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
RHSA-2013:0526
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_REDHAT
[automake] 20120709 GNU Automake 1.11.6 released (fixes a SECURITY VULNERABILITY!)
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[automake] 20120709 GNU Automake 1.12.2 released (fixes a SECURITY VULNERABILITY!)
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
[automake] 20120709 CVE-2012-3386 Automake security fix for 'make distcheck'
mailing-list
x_refsource_MLIST
FEDORA-2012-14297
vendor-advisory
x_refsource_FEDORA
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