Symlink Attack Vulnerability in GlusterFS Functionality

CVE-2012-5635 · LOW Severity

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

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.

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