| Name | CVE-2012-3440 |
| Description | 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| sudo (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.8.10p3-1+deb8u9 | fixed |
| stretch (security) | 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u3 | fixed |
| stretch (lts), stretch | 1.8.19p1-2.1+deb9u6 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster, buster (lts) | 1.8.27-1+deb10u6 | fixed |
| bullseye (security), bullseye | 1.9.5p2-3+deb11u1 | fixed |
| bookworm | 1.9.13p3-1+deb12u1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 1.9.16p1-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| sudo | source | (unstable) | (not affected) | | | |
Notes
- sudo <not-affected> (Red Hat-specific postinst script)