CVE-2012-5635

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Red Hat Storage Management Console version 2.0 Red Hat Native Client version 2.0 Red Hat Server version 2.0

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on multiple temporary files created by certain scripts, including tests/volume.rc and extras/hook-scripts/S30samba-stop.sh.

Recommendations For Red Hat Storage Management Console version 2.0, consider restricting access to the temporary files created by the vulnerable scripts until a fix is available. For Red Hat Native Client version 2.0, avoid using the vulnerable scripts in a way that could allow a symlink attack. For Red Hat Server version 2.0, restrict access to the vulnerable temporary files to minimize the risk of exploitation.