UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2524
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Summary:
Details: 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.
References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2524, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/14/5, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2524
Affected packages
Package
Name: readline6
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=trusty
Affected ranges
Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events:
Introduced- 0
Fixed -None
Affected versions
6.2-9ubuntu1
Common Vulnerability Scoring System
Attack Vector
Network
Adjacent
Local
Physical
Privileges Required
None
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User Interaction
None
Required
Scope
Unchanged
Changed
Confidentiality
None
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Integrity
None
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High
Availability
None
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High
