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Red Hat: CVE-2019-12779: Moderate: libqb security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2019-12779: Moderate: libqb security and bug fix update (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/07/2019
Created
11/07/2019
Added
11/06/2019
Modified
07/16/2021

Description

libqb before 1.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, because it uses predictable filenames (under /dev/shm and /tmp) without O_EXCL.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-libqb
  • redhat-upgrade-libqb-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-libqb-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-libqb-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-libqb-tests-debuginfo

References

  • 108691
  • CVE-2019-12779
  • RHSA-2019:3610

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