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CVE-2012-1088 Details

Description

iproute2 before 3.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file used by (1) configure or (2) examples/dhcp-client-script.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=20ed7b24df05eadf83168d1d0ce0052a31380928 CVE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=e557d1ac3a156ba7521ba44b0b412af4542f83f8 CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139447903326211&w=2 CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=797878 CVE
http://git.kernel.org/?p=linux/kernel/git/shemminger/iproute2.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=20ed7b24df05eadf83168d1d0ce0052a31380928 [email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
iproute2 project iproute2
<= 3.2.0
3.0.0
3.1.0

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:iproute2_project:iproute2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:iproute2_project:iproute2:3.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  • cpe:2.3:a:iproute2_project:iproute2:3.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

7 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-1088
NVD Published Date:
Feb 15, 2014
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2012-1088 Details - Not Deferred