CVE-2012-2093

LOW 3.3CVE-2012-2093 · Published 18/05/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-2093 is a LOW (CVSS 3.3) vulnerability affecting gajim (gajim).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 0.36%, higher than 29.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
gajim gajim	`= 0.15`	No fix yet

Description

src/common/latex.py in Gajim 0.15 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary latex file, related to the get_tmpfile_name function.

References

hg.gajim.org/gajim/rev/f046e4aaf7d4
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079169.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079237.html
lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2012-April/079241.html
secunia.com/advisories/48695 · Vendor Advisory
secunia.com/advisories/48794
security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201208-04.xml
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/15
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/04/10/6
securityfocus.com/bid/53017
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/74869
trac.gajim.org/changeset/13759/src/common/latex.py

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