CVE-2014-2524
N/A
Published: August 20, 2014 at 02:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:06 AM UTC
4 products affected across 4 vendorsFedoraopenSUSEMageia
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
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.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html
References (9)
x_refsource_CONFIRMThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MANDRIVABroken Link
Source: [email protected]
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132x_refsource_MISCIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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