CVE-2012-3440
Medium
Description
A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.
SeverityMedium
CVSS5.6
Exploit probability—
Product
Todd Miller Sudo
PublishedAug 8, 2012
First seenAug 8, 2012
How to fix
Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| todd_miller sudo | 1.7.2 | — |
| redhat enterprise_linux | 5 | — |
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