RHSA-2013:0215High

Red Hat Security Advisory: abrt and libreport security update

Published
January 31, 2013
Last Modified
June 27, 2026

🔗 CVE IDs covered (2)

CVE-2012-5659 →CVE-2012-5660 →

📋 Description

CVE-2012-5659 — abrt: Arbitrary Python code execution due improper sanitization of the PYTHONPATH environment variable by installing debuginfo packages into cache CVE-2012-5660 — abrt: Race condition in abrt-action-install-debuginfo

🎯 Affected products200

  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Optional (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node Optional (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.src as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux HPC Node (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • abrt-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.x86_64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • abrt-addon-ccpp-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 6)
  • abrt-addon-ccpp-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • abrt-addon-ccpp-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.i686 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6)
  • abrt-addon-ccpp-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.ppc64 as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
  • abrt-addon-ccpp-0:2.0.8-6.el6_3.2.s390x as a component of Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6)
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✅ Remediation

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied. This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

🔗 References (5)