DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1838

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1838

    Published: 11 Mar 2014Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-1838

    Summary:

    Details: The (1) extract_keys_from_pdf and (2) fill_pdf functions in pdf_ext.py in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on /tmp/toto.fdf.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1838

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: logilab-common

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/logilab-common?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.61.0-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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