rpmdevtools: TOCTOU race condition in annotate-output
Published Oct 1, 2012
1.2
LOWCVSS 2.0
EPSS 0.27%
Description
scripts/annotate-output.sh in devscripts before 2.12.2, as used in rpmdevtools before 8.3, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary (1) standard output or (2) standard error output file.
Affected products
No data.
- ≤ 2.12.1
- 2.12.0
Running on/with
- ≤ 8.2-1
No data.
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
rpmdevtools
Not affected
| Product | Package | State | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | rpmdevtools | Not affected | n/a |
No package ranges for this CVE.
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 0.27% (0.00270) | 17.34th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.27% (0.00270) | 18.36th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.06% (0.00055) | 14.47th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 11.89th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 2, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 10.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00044) | 8.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 74.94th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 72.92th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.55% (0.01547) | 51.82th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (18)
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d23a5e6c90f7a37b0972b30f5d31dce97a93eb0 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- http://git.fedorahosted.org/cgit/rpmdevtools.git/commit/?id=90b4400c2ab2e80cecfd8dfdf031536376ed2cdb x_refsource_CONFIRMPatch
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086138.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/086159.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-September/087335.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2012-11/msg00000.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_SUSE
- http://secunia.com/advisories/50600 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2549 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANVendor Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:123 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVA
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/31/7 mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55358 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1593-1 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTU
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-3500 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848022 x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78230 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3500
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0316 x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-3500
Change history (0)
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