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FKIE_CVE-2014-1420

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2020-09-11 00:15 - Updated: 2026-06-17 00:04
Severity
3.8 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:N/A:N
3.3 (Low) - CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Summary
On desktop, Ubuntu UI Toolkit's StateSaver would serialise data on tmp/ files which an attacker could use to expose potentially sensitive data. StateSaver would also open files without the O_EXCL flag. An attacker could exploit this to launch a symlink attack, though this is partially mitigated by symlink and hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. Fixed in 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1.
References
security@ubuntu.comhttp://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sdk-team/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/staging/revision/1182Patch, Third Party Advisory
security@ubuntu.comhttps://launchpad.net/bugs/1348241Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sdk-team/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/staging/revision/1182Patch, Third Party Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://launchpad.net/bugs/1348241Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
canonical ubuntu-ui-toolkit *
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      "value": "En escritorio, StateSaver de Ubuntu UI Toolkit serializar\u00eda datos en archivos tmp/ que un atacante podr\u00eda usar para exponer datos potencialmente confidenciales. StateSaver tambi\u00e9n abrir\u00eda archivos sin el indicador O_EXCL. Un atacante podr\u00eda explotar esto para iniciar un ataque de enlace simb\u00f3lico, aunque esto est\u00e1 parcialmente mitigado por las restricciones de enlaces simb\u00f3licos y f\u00edsicos en Ubuntu. Corregido en versiones 1.1.1188 +14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1"
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