DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12779

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-12779
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12779.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2019-12779
Upstream
Published
2019-06-07T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:32Z
Severity
  • 7.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

libqb before 1.0.5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack, because it uses predictable filenames (under /dev/shm and /tmp) without O_EXCL.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libqb

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:12 / libqb

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:13 / libqb

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}

Debian:14 / libqb

Package

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

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.0.4-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "unimportant"
}