CVE-2014-2524
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2014-08-20 14:00
Modified
2024-08-06 10:14
Severity ?
Summary
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
cve@mitre.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.htmlPatch, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.htmlThird Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132Broken Link
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023Issue Tracking
cve@mitre.orghttps://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.htmlThird Party Advisory
Impacted products
n/an/a
Show details on NVD website

To clipboard 

{
  "containers": {
    "adp": [
      {
        "providerMetadata": {
          "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T10:14:26.704Z",
          "orgId": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
          "shortName": "CVE"
        },
        "references": [
          {
            "name": "MDVSA-2014:154",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_MANDRIVA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154"
          },
          {
            "name": "openSUSE-SU-2014:1226",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_SUSE",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_MISC",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023"
          },
          {
            "name": "FEDORA-2014-7523",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_FEDORA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "[oss-security] 20140317 Re: Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readline",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587"
          },
          {
            "name": "MDVSA-2015:132",
            "tags": [
              "vendor-advisory",
              "x_refsource_MANDRIVA",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132"
          },
          {
            "tags": [
              "x_refsource_CONFIRM",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "[Bug-readline] 20140331 Readline-6.3 Official Patch 3",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html"
          },
          {
            "name": "[oss-security] 20140314 Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readline",
            "tags": [
              "mailing-list",
              "x_refsource_MLIST",
              "x_transferred"
            ],
            "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579"
          }
        ],
        "title": "CVE Program Container"
      }
    ],
    "cna": {
      "affected": [
        {
          "product": "n/a",
          "vendor": "n/a",
          "versions": [
            {
              "status": "affected",
              "version": "n/a"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "datePublic": "2014-03-14T00:00:00",
      "descriptions": [
        {
          "lang": "en",
          "value": "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."
        }
      ],
      "problemTypes": [
        {
          "descriptions": [
            {
              "description": "n/a",
              "lang": "en",
              "type": "text"
            }
          ]
        }
      ],
      "providerMetadata": {
        "dateUpdated": "2015-04-13T14:57:00",
        "orgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
        "shortName": "mitre"
      },
      "references": [
        {
          "name": "MDVSA-2014:154",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_MANDRIVA"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154"
        },
        {
          "name": "openSUSE-SU-2014:1226",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_SUSE"
          ],
          "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_MISC"
          ],
          "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023"
        },
        {
          "name": "FEDORA-2014-7523",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_FEDORA"
          ],
          "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "[oss-security] 20140317 Re: Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readline",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587"
        },
        {
          "name": "MDVSA-2015:132",
          "tags": [
            "vendor-advisory",
            "x_refsource_MANDRIVA"
          ],
          "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132"
        },
        {
          "tags": [
            "x_refsource_CONFIRM"
          ],
          "url": "http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "[Bug-readline] 20140331 Readline-6.3 Official Patch 3",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html"
        },
        {
          "name": "[oss-security] 20140314 Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readline",
          "tags": [
            "mailing-list",
            "x_refsource_MLIST"
          ],
          "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579"
        }
      ],
      "x_legacyV4Record": {
        "CVE_data_meta": {
          "ASSIGNER": "cve@mitre.org",
          "ID": "CVE-2014-2524",
          "STATE": "PUBLIC"
        },
        "affects": {
          "vendor": {
            "vendor_data": [
              {
                "product": {
                  "product_data": [
                    {
                      "product_name": "n/a",
                      "version": {
                        "version_data": [
                          {
                            "version_value": "n/a"
                          }
                        ]
                      }
                    }
                  ]
                },
                "vendor_name": "n/a"
              }
            ]
          }
        },
        "data_format": "MITRE",
        "data_type": "CVE",
        "data_version": "4.0",
        "description": {
          "description_data": [
            {
              "lang": "eng",
              "value": "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."
            }
          ]
        },
        "problemtype": {
          "problemtype_data": [
            {
              "description": [
                {
                  "lang": "eng",
                  "value": "n/a"
                }
              ]
            }
          ]
        },
        "references": {
          "reference_data": [
            {
              "name": "MDVSA-2014:154",
              "refsource": "MANDRIVA",
              "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154"
            },
            {
              "name": "openSUSE-SU-2014:1226",
              "refsource": "SUSE",
              "url": "http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023",
              "refsource": "MISC",
              "url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023"
            },
            {
              "name": "FEDORA-2014-7523",
              "refsource": "FEDORA",
              "url": "https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20140317 Re: Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readline",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587"
            },
            {
              "name": "MDVSA-2015:132",
              "refsource": "MANDRIVA",
              "url": "http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132"
            },
            {
              "name": "http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html",
              "refsource": "CONFIRM",
              "url": "http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "[Bug-readline] 20140331 Readline-6.3 Official Patch 3",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html"
            },
            {
              "name": "[oss-security] 20140314 Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readline",
              "refsource": "MLIST",
              "url": "http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  },
  "cveMetadata": {
    "assignerOrgId": "8254265b-2729-46b6-b9e3-3dfca2d5bfca",
    "assignerShortName": "mitre",
    "cveId": "CVE-2014-2524",
    "datePublished": "2014-08-20T14:00:00",
    "dateReserved": "2014-03-17T00:00:00",
    "dateUpdated": "2024-08-06T10:14:26.704Z",
    "state": "PUBLISHED"
  },
  "dataType": "CVE_RECORD",
  "dataVersion": "5.1",
  "meta": {
    "nvd": "{\"cve\":{\"id\":\"CVE-2014-2524\",\"sourceIdentifier\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"published\":\"2014-08-20T14:55:05.860\",\"lastModified\":\"2018-10-30T16:27:34.687\",\"vulnStatus\":\"Analyzed\",\"descriptions\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"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.\"},{\"lang\":\"es\",\"value\":\"La funci\u00f3n _rl_tropen en util.c en GNU readline anterior a 6.3 patch 3 permite a usuarios locales crear o sobrescribir ficheros arbitrarios a trav\u00e9s de un ataque de enlace simb\u00f3lico sobre un fichero /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID].\"}],\"metrics\":{\"cvssMetricV2\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"cvssData\":{\"version\":\"2.0\",\"vectorString\":\"AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P\",\"accessVector\":\"LOCAL\",\"accessComplexity\":\"MEDIUM\",\"authentication\":\"NONE\",\"confidentialityImpact\":\"NONE\",\"integrityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"availabilityImpact\":\"PARTIAL\",\"baseScore\":3.3},\"baseSeverity\":\"LOW\",\"exploitabilityScore\":3.4,\"impactScore\":4.9,\"acInsufInfo\":false,\"obtainAllPrivilege\":false,\"obtainUserPrivilege\":false,\"obtainOtherPrivilege\":false,\"userInteractionRequired\":false}]},\"weaknesses\":[{\"source\":\"nvd@nist.gov\",\"type\":\"Primary\",\"description\":[{\"lang\":\"en\",\"value\":\"CWE-59\"}]}],\"configurations\":[{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"76F1E356-E019-47E8-AA5F-702DA93CF74E\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"F805A106-9A6F-48E7-8582-D3C5A26DFC11\"}]}]},{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"versionEndIncluding\":\"6.3\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"7BCAD25A-3DBB-43F3-B5B7-5DF6742095D5\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"296B4AF4-38DF-45F4-BE15-8735F9E31D3E\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"21398E40-282A-48FC-8576-A6E8665E46E6\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"B9C14829-D4DE-4D8E-B7F9-E45C3E32A32D\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"278DFB21-7C51-415F-B298-03A2778D6CE6\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"78C36069-3C51-48A6-A628-304962F4B8D2\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.2:a:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"089403A9-D5AF-4313-981F-5541FE42D40D\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"8253B587-80FB-475A-B089-8E7C03E69780\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"828A8311-0925-4400-B883-777A1F83DB10\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"64BA0EFC-3660-453B-96C4-CC5A8E98DC87\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"4D2F4ACC-1C60-40E0-B783-006A5D617336\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"AD372FD8-2FE3-434A-9EEF-E6E2CB940FC0\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"2434545A-2C38-48EE-9190-733FDB31FCB9\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"F0456034-7EB9-4AC9-907D-80F38C7B1D36\"}]}]},{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"DFBF430B-0832-44B0-AA0E-BA9E467F7668\"},{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:13.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"A10BC294-9196-425F-9FB0-B1625465B47F\"}]}]},{\"nodes\":[{\"operator\":\"OR\",\"negate\":false,\"cpeMatch\":[{\"vulnerable\":true,\"criteria\":\"cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:20:*:*:*:*:*:*:*\",\"matchCriteriaId\":\"FF47C9F0-D8DA-4B55-89EB-9B2C9383ADB9\"}]}]}],\"references\":[{\"url\":\"http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Patch\",\"Vendor Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Mailing List\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Mailing List\",\"Third Party Advisory\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Broken Link\"]},{\"url\":\"http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Broken Link\"]},{\"url\":\"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Issue Tracking\"]},{\"url\":\"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html\",\"source\":\"cve@mitre.org\",\"tags\":[\"Third Party Advisory\"]}]}}"
  }
}


Log in or create an account to share your comment.




Tags
Taxonomy of the tags.




  • Seen: The vulnerability was mentioned, discussed, or seen somewhere by the user.
  • Confirmed: The vulnerability is confirmed from an analyst perspective.
  • Exploited: This vulnerability was exploited and seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Patched: This vulnerability was successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not exploited: This vulnerability was not exploited or seen by the user reporting the sighting.
  • Not confirmed: The user expresses doubt about the veracity of the vulnerability.
  • Not patched: This vulnerability was not successfully patched by the user reporting the sighting.