UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1088

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2012-1088

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1088.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1088

Upstream

CVE-2012-1088

Withdrawn

2025-07-18T16:42:45Z

Published

2014-02-15T14:57:00Z

Modified

2025-07-16T07:17:01.013670Z

Severity

Ubuntu - negligible

Summary

[none]

Details

iproute2 before 3.3.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file used by (1) configure or (2) examples/dhcp-client-script.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / iproute2

Package

Name: iproute2
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/iproute2@3.12.0-2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Fixed

3.12.0-2

Affected versions

3.*

3.10.0-1ubuntu1

3.11.0-1

3.12.0-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.12.0-2",
            "binary_name": "iproute"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "1:3.12.0-2",
            "binary_name": "iproute-doc"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.12.0-2",
            "binary_name": "iproute2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.12.0-2",
            "binary_name": "iproute2-doc"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2012/UBUNTU-CVE-2012-1088.json"