VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2014-2524
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.
LOW 3.3EPSS 0.42%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (0.42%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 3.3 LOWAV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 0.42% probability · 35th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- mageia/mageia · gnu/readline · opensuse/opensuse · fedoraproject/fedora
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023Issue Tracking
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.htmlThird Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154Broken Link
- http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132Broken Link
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023Issue Tracking
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.htmlThird Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.