CVE-2014-2524
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Aug 20, 2014
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Reserved
- Mar 17, 2014
Description
The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- MDVSA-2014:154vendor-advisory
- openSUSE-SU-2014:1226vendor-advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023
- FEDORA-2014-7523vendor-advisory
- [oss-security] 20140317 Re: Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readlinemailing-list
- MDVSA-2015:132vendor-advisory
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html
- [Bug-readline] 20140331 Readline-6.3 Official Patch 3mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20140314 Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readlinemailing-list
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