FKIE_CVE-2012-5619

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2014-09-29 22:55 - Updated: 2025-04-12 10:46
Severity ?
Summary
The Sleuth Kit (TSK) 4.0.1 does not properly handle "." (dotfile) file system entries in FAT file systems and other file systems for which . is not a reserved name, which allows local users to hide activities it more difficult to conduct forensics activities, as demonstrated by Flame.
References
secalert@redhat.comhttp://labs.bitdefender.com/2012/06/flame-the-story-of-leaked-data-carried-by-human-vector/
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097289.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097293.html
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:125
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/01/2
secalert@redhat.comhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/2
secalert@redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883330
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://labs.bitdefender.com/2012/06/flame-the-story-of-leaked-data-carried-by-human-vector/
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097289.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-January/097293.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2013:125
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/01/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/2
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883330
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
sleuthkit the_sleuth_kit 4.0.1
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