CVE-2014-1420
Insecure temp file usage in Ubuntu UI toolkit
- State
- Published
- Severity
- 3.8 Low
- Published
- Sep 10, 2020
- Updated
- Sep 16, 2024
- Reserved
- Jan 13, 2014
Description
On desktop, Ubuntu UI Toolkit's StateSaver would serialise data on tmp/ files which an attacker could use to expose potentially sensitive data. StateSaver would also open files without the O_EXCL flag. An attacker could exploit this to launch a symlink attack, though this is partially mitigated by symlink and hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. Fixed in 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1.
Scores
| CVSS | Score | Vector | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3.1 | 3.8 Low | CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N | canonical |
Weaknesses
- CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
ubuntu-ui-toolkitCanonical |
|
References
- https://launchpad.net/bugs/1348241vendor-advisory
- http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sdk-team/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/staging/revision/1182vendor-advisory
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