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    CVE-2014-2524

    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.

    Published:Mar 14, 2014
    Last Modified:Apr 12, 2025
    EPS:Aug 20, 2014
    EPSS Score:0.00157
    CVSS Score:3.3

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Gnu
    Product
    Readline
    Vendor
    Mageia
    Product
    Mageia
    Vendor
    Opensuse
    Product
    Opensuse

    Exploits

    No exploit reference

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    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

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