World-writable permissions in SANLock's setup_logging function allow unauthorized file modification and bypassing disk-quota restrictions

CVE-2012-5638 · LOW Severity

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

The setup_logging function in log.h in SANLock uses world-writable permissions for /var/log/sanlock.log, which allows local users to overwrite the file content or bypass intended disk-quota restrictions via standard filesystem write operations.

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