CVE-2014-2524
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v2
3.3
VIR risk
3.3
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.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html
OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| suse | 12.3 | affected | |
| suse | 13.1 | affected | |
| fedora | 20 | affected | |
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html
CWEs
CWE-59
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.