DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3500

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3500
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3500.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3500
Upstream
Published
2012-10-01T00:55:01.460Z
Modified
2025-11-14T03:18:38.088713Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / devscripts

Package

Name
devscripts
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/devscripts?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3500.json"

Debian:12 / devscripts

Package

Name
devscripts
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/devscripts?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3500.json"

Debian:13 / devscripts

Package

Name
devscripts
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/devscripts?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3500.json"

Debian:14 / devscripts

Package

Name
devscripts
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/devscripts?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.12.2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3500.json"