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[RHSA-2014:1243-01] Low: automake security update

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Red Hat Security Advisory

 

Synopsis: Low: automake security update

Advisory ID: RHSA-2014:1243-01

Product: Red Hat Enterprise Linux

Advisory URL: https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1243.html

Issue date: 2014-09-16

CVE Names: CVE-2012-3386

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1. Summary:

 

An updated automake package that fixes one security issue is now available

for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.

 

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Low security

impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which

gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the

References section.

 

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) - noarch

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) - noarch

 

3. Description:

 

Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliant

with the GNU Coding Standards.

 

It was found that the distcheck rule in Automake-generated Makefiles made a

directory world-writable when preparing source archives. If a malicious,

local user could access this directory, they could execute arbitrary code

with the privileges of the user running "make distcheck". (CVE-2012-3386)

 

Red Hat would like to thank Jim Meyering for reporting this issue. Upstream

acknowledges Stefano Lattarini as the original reporter.

 

All automake users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which

contains a backported patch to correct this issue.

 

4. Solution:

 

Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata

relevant to your system have been applied.

 

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the

Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258

 

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

 

838286 - CVE-2012-3386 automake: locally exploitable "make distcheck" bug

 

6. Package List:

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client):

 

Source:

automake-1.9.6-3.el5.src.rpm

 

noarch:

automake-1.9.6-3.el5.noarch.rpm

 

Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server):

 

Source:

automake-1.9.6-3.el5.src.rpm

 

noarch:

automake-1.9.6-3.el5.noarch.rpm

 

These packages are GPG signed by Red Hat for security. Our key and

details on how to verify the signature are available from

https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/#package

 

7. References:

 

https://www.redhat.com/security/data/cve/CVE-2012-3386.html

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

 

8. Contact:

 

The Red Hat security contact is . More contact

details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/

 

Copyright 2014 Red Hat, Inc.

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