CVE-2012-5663 Information

Description

The isearch package (textproc/isearch) before 1.47.01nb1 uses the tempnam() function to create insecure temporary files into a publicly-writable area (/tmp).

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Reference

http://gnats.netbsd.org/47360 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/21/2 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/21/3 https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5663 https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-5663

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

Base Score

NONE

Base Severity

7.5