UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5638

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5638

    Published: 20 Dec 2012Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2012-5638

    Summary:

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5638, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887010, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5638

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: sanlock

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.2-2

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High