ubuntu-cve-2012-5638
Vulnerability from osv_ubuntu
Published
2012-12-20 12:02
Modified
2025-07-16 04:50
Summary
Details

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.

Severity
N/A (UNKNOWN)
medium
References
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{
  "affected": [
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libsanlock-client1",
            "binary_version": "2.2-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsanlock-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.2-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "sanlock",
            "binary_version": "2.2-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:14.04:LTS",
        "name": "sanlock",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sanlock@2.2-2?arch=source\u0026distro=trusty"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    },
    {
      "ecosystem_specific": {
        "availability": "No subscription required",
        "binaries": [
          {
            "binary_name": "libsanlock-client1",
            "binary_version": "2.2-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsanlock-client1-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.2-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "libsanlock-dev",
            "binary_version": "2.2-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "sanlock",
            "binary_version": "2.2-2"
          },
          {
            "binary_name": "sanlock-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "2.2-2"
          }
        ]
      },
      "package": {
        "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS",
        "name": "sanlock",
        "purl": "pkg:deb/ubuntu/sanlock@2.2-2?arch=source\u0026distro=xenial"
      },
      "ranges": [
        {
          "events": [
            {
              "introduced": "0"
            },
            {
              "fixed": "2.2-2"
            }
          ],
          "type": "ECOSYSTEM"
        }
      ],
      "versions": []
    }
  ],
  "aliases": [],
  "details": "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.",
  "id": "UBUNTU-CVE-2012-5638",
  "modified": "2025-07-16T04:50:09Z",
  "published": "2012-12-20T12:02:00Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-5638"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=887010"
    },
    {
      "type": "REPORT",
      "url": "https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5638"
    }
  ],
  "related": [],
  "schema_version": "1.7.0",
  "severity": [
    {
      "score": "medium",
      "type": "Ubuntu"
    }
  ],
  "upstream": [
    "CVE-2012-5638"
  ],
  "withdrawn": "2025-07-18T16:42:48Z"
}



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