Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability in IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) and Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) on Linux

Arbitrary File Overwrite Vulnerability in IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) and Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) on Linux

CVE-2012-3329 · LOW Severity

AV:L/AC:M/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

IBM Advanced Settings Utility (ASU) through 3.62 and 3.70 through 9.21 and Bootable Media Creator (BoMC) through 2.30 and 3.00 through 9.21 on Linux allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) temporary file or (2) log file.

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