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Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2012-5638

low Nessus Plugin ID 217770

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

 - The setup_logging function in log.h in SANLock uses world-writable permissions for /var/log/sanlock.log, which allows local users to overwrite the file content or bypass intended disk-quota restrictions via standard filesystem write operations. (CVE-2012-5638)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5638

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 217770

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2012_5638.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 8/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 3.1

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-5638

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:fence-sanlock, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sanlock-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sanlock-lib, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sanlock-python, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:sanlock

Required KB Items: Host/OS/identifier, Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, global_settings/vendor_unpatched

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/13/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-5638