DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3386

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2012-3386
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3386.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3386
Upstream
Published
2012-08-07T21:55:01.420Z
Modified
2025-11-20T10:07:15.706338Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The "make distcheck" rule in GNU Automake before 1.11.6 and 1.12.x before 1.12.2 grants world-writable permissions to the extraction directory, which introduces a race condition that allows local users to execute arbitrary code via unspecified vectors.

References

Affected packages

Debian:14 / automake

Package

Name
automake
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/automake?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.4-p6-13.1

Affected versions

1.*

1.0-0
1.0-1
1.0-4
1.3-1
1.3-2
1.4-8

1:1.*

1:1.4-p4-1.1
1:1.4-p6-9
1:1.4-p6-10
1:1.4-p6-11
1:1.4-p6-12
1:1.4-p6-13

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:11 / automake1.11

Package

Name
automake1.11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/automake1.11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.11.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / automake1.11

Package

Name
automake1.11
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/automake1.11?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1:1.11.6-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}