CVE-2014-2524
Summary
| CVE | CVE-2014-2524 |
|---|---|
| State | PUBLISHED |
| Assigner | mitre |
| Source Priority | CVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback |
| Published | 2014-08-20 14:55:05 UTC |
| Updated | 2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC |
| Description | 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. |
Risk And Classification
CVSS v2.0 Breakdown
Access Vector
LocalAccess Complexity
MediumAuthentication
NoneConfidentiality
NoneIntegrity
PartialAvailability
PartialAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)
| Type | Vendor | Product | Version | Update | Edition | Language |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | All | 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 |
Vendor Declared Affected Products
References
| Reference | Source | Link | Tags |
|---|---|---|---|
| [Bug-readline] Readline-6.3 Official Patch 3 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.gnu.org | Patch, Vendor Advisory |
| Bug 1077023 – CVE-2014-2524 readline: insecure temporary file use in _rl_tropen() | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | bugzilla.redhat.com | Issue Tracking |
| Mageia Advisory: MGASA-2014-0319 - Updated readline packages fix security vulnerability | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | advisories.mageia.org | Third Party Advisory |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2014:154 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Broken Link |
| oss-sec: Re: Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readline | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| [security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2014:1226-1: critical: bash: security an | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.opensuse.org | Third Party Advisory |
| oss-sec: Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readline | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | seclists.org | Mailing List, Third Party Advisory |
| Support / Security / Advisories / / MDVSA-2015:132 | Mandriva | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | www.mandriva.com | Broken Link |
| [SECURITY] Fedora 20 Update: readline-6.2-10.fc20 | af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 | lists.fedoraproject.org | Third Party Advisory |
| CVE Program record | CVE.ORG | www.cve.org | canonical |
| NVD vulnerability detail | NVD | nvd.nist.gov | canonical, analysis |
No vendor comments have been submitted for this CVE.
Legacy QID Mappings
- 296092 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 7.1.4 Missing (CPUJAN2019)