CVE-2012-3440

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.

🔗 References (6)

• secalert@redhathttp://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
• secalert@redhathttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54868
• secalert@redhathttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844442
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/ovmbulletinjul2016-3090546.html
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54868
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=844442