CVE-2014-4039

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Summary

CVECVE-2014-4039
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2014-06-17 15:55:06 UTC
Updated2026-05-06 22:30:45 UTC
Descriptionppc64-diag 2.6.1 uses 0775 permissions for /tmp/diagSEsnap and does not properly restrict permissions for /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading files in this archive, as demonstrated by /var/log/messages and /etc/yaboot.conf.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: CWE-264 | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ppc64-diag Project Ppc64-diag 2.6.1 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0 All All All
Operating System Redhat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0 All All All
Operating System Suse Linux Enterprise Server 11 sp3 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
1109371 – (CVE-2014-4038, CVE-2014-4039) CVE-2014-4038 CVE-2014-4039 ppc64-diag: multiple temporary file races af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking
Security Advisory SA60616 - SUSE update for ppc64-diag - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com Third Party Advisory
oss-security - Re: CVE request: multiple /tmp races in ppc64-diag af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 openwall.com Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[security-announce] SUSE-SU-2014:0928-1: important: Security update for af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.opensuse.org Third Party Advisory
ppc64-diag CVE-2014-4039 Multiple Insecure File Permissions Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
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