CVE-2012-5659

CVE Details

Release Date:2013-01-30
Impact:Important What is this?

Description


Untrusted search path vulnerability in plugins/abrt-action-install-debuginfo-to-abrt-cache.c in Automatic Bug Reporting Tool (ABRT) 2.0.9 and earlier allows local users to load and execute arbitrary Python modules by modifying the PYTHONPATH environment variable to reference a malicious Python module.

See more information about CVE-2012-5659 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


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


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 6 (abrt)ELSA-2013-02152013-01-31
Oracle Linux version 6 (libreport)ELSA-2013-02152013-01-31


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