DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5638

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5638
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5638.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5638
Upstream
Published
2012-12-20T12:02:18.637Z
Modified
2025-11-14T04:01:34.347648Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The setup_logging function in log.h in SANLock uses world-writable permissions for /var/log/sanlock.log, which allows local users to overwrite the file content or bypass intended disk-quota restrictions via standard filesystem write operations.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / sanlock

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5638.json"

Debian:12 / sanlock

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5638.json"

Debian:13 / sanlock

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5638.json"

Debian:14 / sanlock

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.2-2

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source

"https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-5638.json"