Issued:

2013-02-21

Updated:

2013-02-21

RHSA-2013:0526 - Low: automake security update

Synopsis

Low: automake security update

Type/Severity

Security Advisory Low

Topic

An updated automake package that fixes one security issue is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having low security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

Description

Automake is a tool for automatically generating Makefile.in files compliant with the GNU Coding Standards.

It was found that the distcheck rule in Automake-generated Makefiles made a directory world-writable when preparing source archives. If a malicious, local user could access this directory, they could execute arbitrary code with the privileges of the user running "make distcheck". (CVE-2012-3386)

Red Hat would like to thank Jim Meyering for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Stefano Lattarini as the original reporter.

Users of automake are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which corrects this issue.

Solution

Before applying this update, make sure all previously-released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

This update is available via the Red Hat Network. Details on how to use the Red Hat Network to apply this update are available at https://access.redhat.com/knowledge/articles/11258

Affected Products

Updated Packages

• automake-1.11.1-4.el6.noarch.rpm
• automake-1.11.1-4.el6.src.rpm

Fixes

• This content is not included.BZ - 838286

CVEs

• CVE-2012-3386

References

• https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low

Additional information

• The Red Hat security contact is This content is not included.secalert@redhat.com. More contact details at https://access.redhat.com/security/team/contact/.
• Offline Security Data data is available for integration with other systems. See Offline Security Data API to get started.