CVE-2014-2524

Public on 2014-06-15

Modified on 2014-09-19

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.

Severity

Low

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CVSS v3 Base Score

2.1

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Affected Packages

Platform	Package	Release Date	Advisory
Amazon Linux 1	readline	2014-06-15	ALAS-2014-357

CVSS Scores

	Score Type	Score	Vector
Amazon Linux	CVSSv2	2.1	AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
NVD	CVSSv2	3.3	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

References

FAQs regarding Amazon Linux ALAS/CVE Severity Red Hat: CVE-2014-2524 Mitre: CVE-2014-2524