Bug 639869 (CVE-2011-0012) - CVE-2011-0012 spice-xpi: symlink attack on usbrdrctl log file
Summary: CVE-2011-0012 spice-xpi: symlink attack on usbrdrctl log file
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2011-0012
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
low
low
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
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Depends On: 639870 639871
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TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2010-10-04 09:06 UTC by Petr Matousek
Modified: 2019-09-29 12:39 UTC (History)
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Last Closed: 2012-02-27 15:17:31 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2011:0426 0 normal SHIPPED_LIVE Moderate: spice-xpi security update 2011-04-07 22:19:56 UTC

Description Petr Matousek 2010-10-04 09:06:17 UTC 
Spice-xpi uses predictable name for usbrdrctl log file which a malicious user could use to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, with the privileges of the user running spice-xpi.
Comment 2 errata-xmlrpc 2011-04-07 22:20:02 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6

Via RHSA-2011:0426 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0426.html
Comment 3 Peter Hatina 2012-02-27 15:17:31 UTC 
This bug has been fixed almost a year ago, closing.
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