CVE-2012-3386

CVE Details

Release Date:	2012-07-09
Impact:	Low	What is this?

Description

It was found that the distcheck rule in Automake-generated Makefiles made a directory world-writable when preparing source archives. If a malicious, local user could access this directory, they could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running make

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NOTE: The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	3.7
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	High
Authentication:	None
Confidentiality Impact:	Partial
Integrity Impact:	Partial
Availability Impact:	Partial

Errata information

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (automake)	ELSA-2014-1243	2014-09-17
Oracle Linux version 6 (automake)	ELSA-2013-0526	2013-02-22