CVE-2014-2524

Summary

CVECVE-2014-2524
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-08-20 14:55:00 UTC
Updated2018-10-30 16:27:00 UTC
DescriptionThe _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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 20 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 2.2 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 4.0 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 4.1 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 4.2 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 4.2 a All All
Application Gnu Readline 4.3 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 5.0 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 5.1 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 5.2 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 6.0 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 6.1 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 6.2 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 2.1 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 2.2 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 4.0 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 4.1 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 4.2 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 4.2 a All All
Application Gnu Readline 4.3 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 5.0 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 5.1 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 5.2 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 6.0 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 6.1 All All All
Application Gnu Readline 6.2 All All All
Application Gnu Readline All All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 4.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 3.0 All All All
Operating System Mageia Mageia 4.0 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 12.3 All All All
Operating System Opensuse Opensuse 13.1 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: readline-6.2-10.fc20 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org Third Party Advisory
oss-sec: Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readline MLIST seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[Bug-readline] Readline-6.3 Official Patch 3 MLIST lists.gnu.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
oss-sec: Re: Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readline MLIST seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:132 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:154 | Mandriva MANDRIVA www.mandriva.com Broken Link
Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0319 - Updated readline packages fix security vulnerability CONFIRM advisories.mageia.org Third Party Advisory
Bug 1077023 – CVE-2014-2524 readline: insecure temporary file use in _rl_tropen() MISC bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:1226-1: critical: bash: security an SUSE lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 296092 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 7.1.4 Missing (CPUJAN2019)
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