gnome-system-log 3.4.1-3.fc17 polkit Policy information disclosure
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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in gnome-system-log 3.4.1-3.fc17. This affects an unknown function of the component polkit Policy. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:
gnome-system-log polkit policy allows arbitrary files on the system to be read
The bug was discovered 12/09/2012. The weakness was released 11/25/2019. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2012-5535 since 10/24/2012. The exploitability is told to be easy. An attack has to be approached locally. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1592 for this issue.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 63196 (Fedora 17 : gnome-system-log-3.4.1-3.fc17 (2012-18659)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (63196).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.7VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.6
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Exploiting
Class: Information disclosureCWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
ATT&CK: T1592
Local: Yes
Remote: No
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Status: Not defined
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Nessus ID: 63196
Nessus Name: Fedora 17 : gnome-system-log-3.4.1-3.fc17 (2012-18659)
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OpenVAS ID: 864925
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for gnome-system-log FEDORA-2012-18659
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Timeline
10/24/2012 🔍11/21/2012 🔍
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11/25/2019 🔍
11/26/2019 🔍
02/27/2024 🔍
Sources
Advisory: lists.fedoraproject.orgStatus: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2012-5535 (🔍)
SecurityFocus: 56859
OSVDB: 88408
Entry
Created: 11/26/2019 06:49Updated: 02/27/2024 07:30
Changes: 11/26/2019 06:49 (40), 11/26/2019 06:54 (28), 02/27/2024 07:30 (4)
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