CVE-2012-1566 Other in Mint
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-1566 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2012-1566 is a high-severity vulnerability in LinuxMint Mint, published on 7 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1566 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: LinuxMint Mint. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1566/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-1566/index.md)
Attackers can exploit temporary file creation flaws in mintNanny to potentially escalate privileges or modify data on Linux Mint systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2012-1566?
CVE-2012-1566 is a high-severity vulnerability in LinuxMint Mint, published on 7 Feb 2020. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.
Official description
LinuxMint as of 2012-03-19 has temporary file creation vulnerabilities in mintNanny.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-1566?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linuxmint Linuxmint.
How do I fix CVE-2012-1566?
No fix has been published for CVE-2012-1566 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2012-1566 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-1566 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in LinuxMint Mint
Sources
Also known as GHSA-gxrr-h658-rq27.