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CVE-2014-2524

CVE information

Published

9 years ago

Last Modified

5 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Low

Impact Analysis

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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..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity
Low
Base Score
3.3/10
Exploit Score
3.4/10
Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Medium
Authentication Required
None
Impact Score
4.9/10
Confidentiality Impact
None
Availability Impact
Partial
Integrity Impact
Partial

Products Affected

CPE Affected Vulnerable Excluding Edit
cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.2:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
  Yes
- -

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