CVE catalog
CVE-2012-3440
sudo: CVE-2012-3440
- Severity
- Low
- Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 0.43% · Oct 25, 2026
A certain Red Hat script for sudo 1.7.2 on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL) 5 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the /var/tmp/nsswitch.conf.bak temporary file.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sudo | sid | 1.9.17p2-9 | not affected |
| Debian | sudo | forky | 1.9.17p2-9 | not affected |
| Debian | sudo | trixie | 1.9.16p2-3+deb13u2 | not affected |
| Debian | sudo | bookworm | 1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4 | not affected |
| Debian | sudo | bookworm-security | 1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2 | not affected |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sudo | source | sid | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | sudo | source | forky | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | sudo | source | trixie | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | sudo | source | bookworm | Not affected | unimportant | Not reported | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [libnss-sudo]Not affected
Source package: [sudo]
Details (4)
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· all · bookwormNot affected
dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· all · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· all · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm
- [sudo]Not affected
Details (4)
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm
- [sudo-ldap]Not affected
Source package: [sudo]
Details (4)
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· amd64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u4· arm64 · bookwormNot affected
dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· amd64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm
1.9.13p3-1+deb12u2· arm64 · bookworm-securityNot affected
dsa · sudo · debian · bookworm
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