CVE-2012-3378

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Aug 31, 2012
Updated: Aug 6, 2024
Reserved: Jun 14, 2012

Description

The register_application function in atk-adaptor/bridge.c in GNOME at-spi2-atk 2.5.2 does not seed the random number generator and generates predictable temporary file names, which makes it easier for local users to create or truncate files via a symlink attack on a temporary socket file in /tmp/at-spi2.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
n/an/a	n/aAffected

References

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=678026
[oss-security] 20120705 Three CVE requests: at-spi2-atk, as31, naxsimailing-list
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=678348
[oss-security] 20120706 Re: Three CVE requests: at-spi2-atk, as31, naxsimailing-list

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