CVE-2014-1640

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-1640
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-01-28 00:55:00 UTC
Updated2017-08-29 01:34:00 UTC
Descriptionaxiom-test.sh in axiom 20100701-1.1 uses tempfile to create a safe temporary file but appends a suffix to the original filename and writes to this new filename, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on the new filename.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Debian Axiom 20100701-1.1 All All All
Application Debian Axiom 20100701-1.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
oss-security - Getting tempfile/mktemp wrong MLIST www.openwall.com
#736358 - axiom: CVE-2014-1640: tmp file vulnerability - Debian Bug report logs MISC bugs.debian.org
102383 OSVDB www.osvdb.org
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
oss-security - Re: Getting tempfile/mktemp wrong MLIST www.openwall.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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