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SUSE: CVE-2019-12779: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2019-12779: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C)
Published
06/07/2019
Created
07/11/2019
Added
07/11/2019
Modified
02/04/2022

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)

  • suse-upgrade-libdlm
  • suse-upgrade-libdlm-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libdlm3
  • suse-upgrade-libqb-devel
  • suse-upgrade-libqb-devel-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libqb-devel-64bit
  • suse-upgrade-libqb-tests
  • suse-upgrade-libqb-tools
  • suse-upgrade-libqb0
  • suse-upgrade-libqb0-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libqb20
  • suse-upgrade-libqb20-32bit
  • suse-upgrade-libqb20-64bit

References

  • SUSE-SU-2019:1791-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:1806-1
  • SUSE-SU-2019:1812-1
  • CVE-2019-12779

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