CVE-2018-14329

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-362 Concurrent Execution using Shared Resource with Improper Synchronization ('Race Condition')

Publication date:

17/07/2018

Last modified:

18/09/2019

Description

In HTSlib 1.8, a race condition in cram/cram_io.c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Impact

Vector 3.x

CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS v3.1 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.70 MEDIUM
Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Privileges Required (PR): Low
User Interaction (UI): None
Scope (S): Unchanged
Confidentiality (C): None
Integrity (I): High
Availability (A): None

Base Score 3.x

4.70

Severity 3.x

MEDIUM

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:a:htslib:htslib:1.8:::::::*

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/736