FKIE_CVE-2012-5638

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2012-12-20 12:02 - Updated: 2026-06-16 23:47
Severity
Summary
The setup_logging function in log.h in SANLock uses world-writable permissions for /var/log/sanlock.log, which allows local users to overwrite the file content or bypass intended disk-quota restrictions via standard filesystem write operations.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887010
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2013-0691.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887010
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
ovirt sanlock -
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  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T23:47:08.057",
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