Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 2, 2013· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2012-0420
CVE-2012-0420
Description
zypp-refresh-wrapper in SUSE Zypper before 1.3.20 and 1.6.x before 1.6.166 allows local users to create files in arbitrary directories, or possibly have unspecified other impact, via a pathname in the ZYPP_LOCKFILE_ROOT environment variable.
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References
2- support.novell.com/security/cve/CVE-2012-0420.htmlnvdVendor Advisory
- bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cginvd
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