CVE-2014-4038
N/A
Published: June 17, 2014 at 03:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 12:09 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsEnterprise Linux ServerLinux Enterprise ServerPpc64-diag
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 0.4%
Description
ppc64-diag 2.6.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to (1) rtas_errd/diag_support.c and /tmp/get_dt_files, (2) scripts/ppc64_diag_mkrsrc and /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, or (3) lpd/test/lpd_ela_test.sh and /var/tmp/ras.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (8)
Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_SUSEThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00018.htmlMailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0383.htmlVendor Advisoryx_refsource_REDHATThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1320.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882667x_refsource_CONFIRMIssue Tracking
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109371Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-59
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