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CVE-2012-3500 json

scripts/annotate-output.sh in devscripts before 2.12.2, as used in rpmdevtools before 8.3, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via…

published 2012-10-01 14 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2012-3456

cvss
1.2
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
0.3%
EPSS 0.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 19%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

scripts/annotate-output.sh in devscripts before 2.12.2, as used in rpmdevtools before 8.3, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary (1) standard output or (2) standard error output file.

Patch / fix

  • devscripts Debian 14, Debian 13, Debian 12 2.12.2

debian advisories DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3500

  • rpmdevtools openSUSE Tumbleweed 8.10-7.5

opensuse advisories openSUSE-SU-2024:11306-1

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2012-3500 updated cvss 1.9

rpmdevtools: TOCTOU race condition in annotate-output

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 rpmdevtools
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

0.27% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 19% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 1.2 AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization

References

Sources

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