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CVE-2014-2524

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-59 Link Following
Publication date:
20/08/2014
Last modified:
12/04/2025

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.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 3.30 LOW
Vector: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Medium
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
3.30
Severity 2.0
LOW

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:o:mageia:mageia:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 6.3 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:2.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:2.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.2:a:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:4.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:5.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:gnu:readline:6.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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