CVE-2012-3440
Fixed in a distro release EPSS <1%
A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.
Products: todd_miller sudo, redhat enterprise_linux
Distro releases
| Release | Package | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | sudo | 0:1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.2 |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | sudo-debuginfo | 0:1.7.2p1-14.el5_8.2 |