CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2012-5635

LOW
2.1
CVSS v2
NVD

Description

The GlusterFS functionality in Red Hat Storage Management Console 2.0, Native Client, and Server 2.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on multiple temporary files created by (1) tests/volume.rc, (2) extras/hook-scripts/S30samba-stop.sh, and possibly other vectors, different vulnerabilities than CVE-2012-4417.

How to fix

Remediation Available
glusterfsDebian
Fixed in:3.5.0-1CVE-2012-5635
Fixed in:3.5.0-1CVE-2012-5635
Fixed in:3.5.0-1CVE-2012-5635
Fixed in:3.5.0-1CVE-2012-5635

Remediation is compiled from vendor and distribution security advisories. Always confirm against the linked source for your exact version and platform.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

0.32%probability of exploitation in 30 days
24thpercentile

Low risk: more likely to be exploited than 24% of all known CVEs.

References

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