scripts/annotate-output.sh in devscripts before 2.12.2, as used in rpmdevtools before…
Priority LOW 7CWE-362Published · Updated
Key facts
- Attack vector
- Local
- Privileges required
- None
- User interaction
- — Not recorded in CVSS 2.0
- Attack complexity
- High
- Impact type
- —
- Confidentiality · integrity · availability
- None · Partial · None
- Fix status
- No fix listed
Attack profile from CVSS 2.0 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.
Summary
scripts/annotate-output.sh in devscripts before 2.12.2, as used in rpmdevtools before 8.3, allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the temporary (1) standard output or (2) standard error output file.
Why it matters now
EPSS 0.0027 19th percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet
SSVC decision points
Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions | Fixed in | Status | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | all versions | — | No fix listed | CNA |
- — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA
CPE configurations NVD · 3
| CPE | Versions | Role | Vendor |
|---|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 2.12.1 | Vulnerable | Devscripts Devel Team |
| cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 2.12.0 | Vulnerable | Devscripts Devel Team |
| cpe:2.3:a:fedora:rpmdevtools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | up to 8.2-1 | Running on | Fedora |
- cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 2.12.1 Vulnerable ·Devscripts Devel Team
- cpe:2.3:a:devscripts_devel_team:devscripts:2.12.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 2.12.0 Vulnerable ·Devscripts Devel Team
- cpe:2.3:a:fedora:rpmdevtools:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions up to 8.2-1 Running on ·Fedora
Remediation
No fixed version listed by the sources yet.
Vendor assessments
Timeline
- 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2012-3500
- 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-8w6p-f8f6-wxp6
References
Patch 1
Advisory 7
Other 4
- http://anonscm.debian.org/gitweb/?p=devscripts/devscripts.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=4d23a5e6c90f7a37b0972b30f5d31dce97a93eb0
- https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Support/Advisories/MGASA-2012-0316
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=848022
- [oss-security] 20120831 [Notification] CVE-2012-3500 - rpmdevtools, devscripts: TOCTOU race condition in annotate-output
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- TI-2012-00203 debdiff.pl in devscripts 2.10.x before 2.10.69 and 2.11.x before 2.11.4 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 9.3
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- TI-2012-01994 scripts/dscverify.pl in devscripts before 2.12.3 allows remote attackers to execute… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
Sources
- CVE-2012-3500 · CVE Program
- CVE-2012-3500 · NVD
- FIRST EPSS
- GHSA-8w6p-f8f6-wxp6 · GitHub Advisory Database · CC BY 4.0
- CVE-2012-3500 · Red Hat security data · CC BY 4.0
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