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Subject:
Security ERRATA Low: automake on SL6.x (noarch)
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Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]>
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Pat Riehecky <[log in to unmask]>
Date:
Thu, 28 Feb 2013 16:17:04 -0600
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Synopsis:          Low: automake security update
Issue Date:        2013-02-21
CVE Numbers:       CVE-2012-3386
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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)
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SL6
   noarch
     automake-1.11.1-4.el6.noarch.rpm

- Scientific Linux Development Team

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