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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2012-0427

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SUSE Linux Security Vulnerability: CVE-2012-0427

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
12/01/2013
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/12/2013
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

yast2-add-on-creator in SUSE inst-source-utils 2008.11.26 before 2008.11.26-0.9.1 and 2012.9.13 before 2012.9.13-0.8.1 allows local users to gain privileges via a crafted (1) file name or (2) directory name.

Solution(s)

  • suse-upgrade-inst-source-utils
  • suse-upgrade-sle-sdk-release

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