CVE-2012-5638

CVE-2012-5638, security advisory, suse linux, suse, security, cve

CVE-2012-5638

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CVE-2012-5638 at MITRE

Description

The setup_logging function in log.h in SANLock uses world-writable permissions for /var/log/sanlock.log, which allows local users to overwrite the file content or bypass intended disk-quota restrictions via standard filesystem write operations.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores

	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	3.6
Vector	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Low
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	None
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 797744 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:40:27 2013
CVE page last modified: Fri Oct 7 12:46:21 2022