medium5.6
CVE-2012-3440
A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/t…
Impact
A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Todd Miller | Sudo | Version 1.7.2 |
| Redhat | Enterprise Linux | Version 5 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54868
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844442
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54868
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844442