CVE-2012-0051 Tahoe-LAFS fails to ensure integrity

What is CVE-2012-0051?

CVE-2012-0051 is a high-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 Nov 2019. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Tahoe-LAFS 1.9.0 fails to ensure integrity which allows remote attackers to corrupt mutable files or directories upon retrieval.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-0051?

2 open source packages ship an affected version, including tahoe-lafs. It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Tahoe-Lafs Tahoe-Lafs.

How do I fix CVE-2012-0051?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-0051 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2012-0051 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-0051 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-v62p-cjv8-35xh.