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.
References
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https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023 | Issue Tracking |
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html | Patch Vendor Advisory |
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587 | Mailing List Third Party Advisory |
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154 | Broken Link |
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html | Third Party Advisory |
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html | Third Party Advisory |
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132 | Broken Link |
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Information
Published : 2014-08-20 07:55
Updated : 2018-10-30 09:27
NVD link : CVE-2014-2524
Mitre link : CVE-2014-2524
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CWE
CWE-59
Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
Products Affected
fedoraproject
- fedora
mageia
- mageia
opensuse
- opensuse
gnu
- readline