MGASA-2014-0390

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    MGASA-2014-0390

    Published: 26 Sept 2014Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2014-5260

    Summary: Updated perl-XML-DT package fix CVE-2014-5260

    Details: Updated perl-XML-DT package fixes security vulnerability: The mkxmltype and mkdtskel scripts provided in perl-XML-DT allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### temporary file (CVE-2014-5260).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0390.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13931, http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/8

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: perl-XML-DT

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/perl-XML-DT?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.660.0-1.mga3

    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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