UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14329

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14329

    Published: 17 Jul 2018Last Modified: 20 May 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-14329

    Summary:

    Details: In HTSlib 1.8, a race condition in cram/cram_io.c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14329, https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/736, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14329

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: htslib

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    0.2.0~rc3-1
    0.2.0~rc3-1ubuntu0.1~esm1

    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