MGASA-2021-0021

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    MGASA-2021-0021

    Published: 10 Jan 2021Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2020-8908

    Summary: Updated guava packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: A temp directory creation vulnerability exist in Guava versions prior to 30.0 allowing an attacker with access to the machine to potentially access data in a temporary directory created by the Guava com.google.common.io.Files.createTempDir(). The permissions granted to the directory created default to the standard unix-like /tmp ones, leaving the files open (CVE-2020-8908).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2021-0021.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=27965, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1906919

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: guava

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/guava?arch=source&distro=mageia-7

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -25.0-2.1.mga7

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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