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🗓️ 10 Aug 2012 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2012 E-Soft Inc.Type 
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The 'automake' package in FreeBSD Ports before version 1.12.2 allows local users to execute arbitrary code via the 'make distcheck' rule

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2012 E-Soft Inc.
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.71510");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"4.4");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2012-3386");
  script_version("2023-07-26T05:05:09+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2023-07-26 05:05:09 +0000 (Wed, 26 Jul 2023)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2012-08-10 03:22:17 -0400 (Fri, 10 Aug 2012)");
  script_name("FreeBSD Ports: automake");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2012 E-Soft Inc.");
  script_family("FreeBSD Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/freebsd", "ssh/login/freebsdrel");

  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"The following package is affected: automake

CVE-2012-3386
The 'make distcheck' rule in GNU Automake before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x
before 1.12.2 grants world-writable permissions to the extraction
directory, which introduces a race condition that allows local users
to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.");

  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Update your system with the appropriate patches or
  software upgrades.");

  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"https://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/automake/2012-07/msg00023.html");
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://www.vuxml.org/freebsd/36235c38-e0a8-11e1-9f4d-002354ed89bc.html");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update to the system
  as announced in the referenced advisory.");

  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");

  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-bsd.inc");

vuln = FALSE;
txt = "";

bver = portver(pkg:"automake");
if(!isnull(bver) && revcomp(a:bver, b:"1.12.2")<0) {
  txt += "Package automake version " + bver + " is installed which is known to be vulnerable.\n";
  vuln = TRUE;
}

if(vuln) {
  security_message(data:txt);
} else if (__pkg_match) {
  exit(99);
}

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10 Aug 2012 00:00Current
6.3Medium risk
Vulners AI Score6.3
CVSS24.4
EPSS0.00125
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