CVE-2012-5530 (GCVE-0-2012-5530)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2012-11-29 11:00
Modified
2024-08-06 21:05
Severity ?
CWE
  • n/a
Summary
The (1) pcmd and (2) pmlogger init scripts in Performance Co-Pilot (PCP) before 3.6.10 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/##### temporary file.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56656
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782967
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875842
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2013-01/msg00024.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56656
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=782967
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=875842
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