Arbitrary File Modification via Symlink Attack in devscripts and rpmdevtools

CVE-2012-3500 · LOW Severity

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

scripts/annotate-output.sh in devscripts before 2.12.2, as used in rpmdevtools before 8.3, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary (1) standard output or (2) standard error output file.

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