UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5459

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2014-5459

    Published: 27 Sept 2014Last Modified: 20 May 2026
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    Summary:

    Details: The PEAR_REST class in REST.php in PEAR in PHP through 5.6.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) rest.cachefile or (2) rest.cacheid file in /tmp/pear/cache/, related to the retrieveCacheFirst and useLocalCache functions.

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: php5

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/php5?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy%2Ftrusty

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu2
    5.5.3+dfsg-1ubuntu3
    5.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu1
    5.5.6+dfsg-1ubuntu2
    5.5.8+dfsg-2ubuntu1
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu1
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu2
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu3
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.1
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.2
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.3
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.4
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.5
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.6
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.7
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.9
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.11
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.12
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.13
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.14
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.16
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.17
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.19
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.20
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.21
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.22
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.23
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.24
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.25
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.26
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.27
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm1
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm2
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm3
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm4
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm5
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm6
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm8
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm10
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm11
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm12
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm13
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm14
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm15
    5.5.9+dfsg-1ubuntu4.29+esm16

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    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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