CVE-2012-3449 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2012-3449?

CVE-2012-3449 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Aug 2012. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Open vSwitch 1.4.2 uses world writable permissions for (1) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/controllerca/incoming/ and (2) /var/lib/openvswitch/pki/switchca/incoming/, which allows local users to delete and overwrite arbitrary files.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-3449?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Openvswitch Openvswitch.

How do I fix CVE-2012-3449?

Apply the vendor's patch.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2012-3449 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-3449 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2017-9264 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2017-9265 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-2074 Memory corruption in n/a Critical 9.8
• CVE-2016-10377 Integer overflow in n/a High 8.8
• CVE-2024-22563 Denial of service in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2012-3449, GHSA-f9jx-2g6h-pw23, openSUSE-SU-2024:10150-1, openSUSE-SU-2024:12037-1.