{ "document": { "aggregate_severity": { "namespace": "https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/", "text": "Low" }, "category": "csaf_security_advisory", "csaf_version": "2.0", "distribution": { "text": "Copyright © Red Hat, Inc. All rights reserved.", "tlp": { "label": "WHITE", "url": "https://www.first.org/tlp/" } }, "lang": "en", "notes": [ { "category": "summary", "text": "An updated automake package that fixes one security issue is now available\nfor Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.\n\nRed Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security\nimpact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which\ngives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the\nReferences section.", "title": "Topic" }, { "category": "general", "text": "Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliant\nwith the GNU Coding Standards.\n\nIt was found that the distcheck rule in Automake-generated Makefiles made a\ndirectory world-writable when preparing source archives. If a malicious,\nlocal user could access this directory, they could execute arbitrary code\nwith the privileges of the user running \"make distcheck\". (CVE-2012-3386)\n\nRed Hat would like to thank Jim Meyering for reporting this issue. Upstream\nacknowledges Stefano Lattarini as the original reporter.\n\nAll automake users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which\ncontains a backported patch to correct this issue.", "title": "Details" }, { "category": "legal_disclaimer", "text": "This content is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). 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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 distcheck\".", "title": "Vulnerability description" }, { "category": "summary", "text": "automake: locally exploitable \"make distcheck\" bug", "title": "Vulnerability summary" }, { "category": "general", "text": "The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.", "title": "CVSS score applicability" } ], "product_status": { "fixed": [ "5Client-Workstation:automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5.noarch", "5Client-Workstation:automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5.src", "5Server:automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5.noarch", "5Server:automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5.src" ] }, "references": [ { "category": "self", "summary": "Canonical URL", "url": "https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3386" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "RHBZ#838286", "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=838286" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3386", "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3386" }, { "category": "external", "summary": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3386", "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3386" } ], "release_date": "2012-07-09T00:00:00+00:00", "remediations": [ { "category": "vendor_fix", "date": "2014-09-16T05:28:47+00:00", "details": "Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata\nrelevant to your system have been applied.\n\nThis update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the\nRed Hat Network to apply this update are available at\nhttps://access.redhat.com/articles/11258", "product_ids": [ "5Client-Workstation:automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5.noarch", "5Client-Workstation:automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5.src", "5Server:automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5.noarch", "5Server:automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5.src" ], "restart_required": { "category": "none" }, "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1243" } ], "scores": [ { "cvss_v2": { "accessComplexity": "HIGH", "accessVector": "LOCAL", "authentication": "NONE", "availabilityImpact": "PARTIAL", "baseScore": 3.7, "confidentialityImpact": "PARTIAL", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "vectorString": "AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P", "version": "2.0" }, "products": [ "5Client-Workstation:automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5.noarch", "5Client-Workstation:automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5.src", "5Server:automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5.noarch", "5Server:automake-0:1.9.6-3.el5.src" ] } ], "threats": [ { "category": "impact", "details": "Low" } ], "title": "automake: locally exploitable \"make distcheck\" bug" } ] }