VDB
GHSA-wc62-h53h-g8qf
GHSA-wc62-h53h-g8qf
PUBLISHED
CVSS 7.099999904632568 HIGH
Record from GitHub Advisory Database · Published May 24, 2022
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.
Risk scores
CVSS 3.0
7.099999904632568
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Timeline
- May 24, 2022 CVE Published
- Apr 30, 2026 Distribution Patch
- Apr 30, 2026 Security Advisory (3 in total, the first dated here)
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References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2019-12779 advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1695948 url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-08/msg00031.html url
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202107-03 advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00017.html url
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-07/msg00027.html url
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108691 url
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3610 advisory
- https://github.com/ClusterLabs/libqb/issues/338 discussion
- https://github.com/ClusterLabs/libqb/releases/tag/v1.0.4 fix
- https://github.com/ClusterLabs/libqb/releases/tag/v1.0.5 fix