First published: Tue Aug 07 2012(Updated: )
The "make distcheck" rule in GNU Automake before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 grants world-writable permissions to the extraction directory, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
GNU Automake | <=1.11.5 | |
GNU Automake | =1.0 | |
GNU Automake | =1.2 | |
GNU Automake | =1.3 | |
GNU Automake | =1.4 | |
GNU Automake | =1.4-p1 | |
GNU Automake | =1.4-p2 | |
GNU Automake | =1.4-p3 | |
GNU Automake | =1.4-p4 | |
GNU Automake | =1.4-p5 | |
GNU Automake | =1.4-p6 | |
GNU Automake | =1.5 | |
GNU Automake | =1.6 | |
GNU Automake | =1.6.1 | |
GNU Automake | =1.6.2 | |
GNU Automake | =1.6.3 | |
GNU Automake | =1.7 | |
GNU Automake | =1.7.1 | |
GNU Automake | =1.7.2 | |
GNU Automake | =1.7.3 | |
GNU Automake | =1.7.4 | |
GNU Automake | =1.7.5 | |
GNU Automake | =1.7.6 | |
GNU Automake | =1.7.7 | |
GNU Automake | =1.7.8 | |
GNU Automake | =1.7.9 | |
GNU Automake | =1.8 | |
GNU Automake | =1.8.1 | |
GNU Automake | =1.8.2 | |
GNU Automake | =1.8.3 | |
GNU Automake | =1.8.4 | |
GNU Automake | =1.8.5 | |
GNU Automake | =1.9 | |
GNU Automake | =1.9.1 | |
GNU Automake | =1.9.2 | |
GNU Automake | =1.9.3 | |
GNU Automake | =1.9.4 | |
GNU Automake | =1.9.5 | |
GNU Automake | =1.9.6 | |
GNU Automake | =1.10 | |
GNU Automake | =1.10.0.3 | |
GNU Automake | =1.10.1 | |
GNU Automake | =1.10.2 | |
GNU Automake | =1.10.3 | |
GNU Automake | =1.11.1 | |
GNU Automake | =1.11.2 | |
GNU Automake | =1.11.3 | |
GNU Automake | =1.11.4 | |
GNU Automake | =1.12 | |
GNU Automake | =1.12.1 |
http://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/automake.git/commit/?id=784b3e6ccc7c72a1c95c340cbbe8897d6b689d76
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CVE-2012-3386 has a medium severity rating due to the potential for local users to execute arbitrary code.
To fix CVE-2012-3386, upgrade to GNU Automake version 1.11.6 or later, or 1.12.2 or later.
CVE-2012-3386 affects systems running GNU Automake versions prior to 1.11.6 and 1.12.2.
CVE-2012-3386 is a local privilege escalation vulnerability caused by improper directory permissions.
No, CVE-2012-3386 requires local access, making it a local exploitation vulnerability.