CVE-2014-2524

Severity Score

3.3

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

La función _rl_tropen en util.c en GNU readline anterior a 6.3 patch 3 permite a usuarios locales crear o sobrescribir ficheros arbitrarios a través de un ataque de enlace simbólico sobre un fichero /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID].

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 3.3

Attack Vector

Local

Attack Complexity

Medium

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

None

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2014-03-17 CVE Reserved
2014-08-08 CVE Published
2023-03-08 EPSS Updated
2024-08-06 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date
---------- First Exploit

CWE

CWE-59: Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

CAPEC

References (9)

URL	Tag	Source
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html	Third Party Advisory
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579	Mailing List
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587	Mailing List
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023	Issue Tracking

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html	2018-10-30

URL	Date	SRC
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html	2018-10-30
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154	2018-10-30
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132	2018-10-30
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html	2018-10-30

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Mageia Search vendor "Mageia"		Mageia Search vendor "Mageia" for product "Mageia"				3.0 Search vendor "Mageia" for product "Mageia" and version "3.0"		-		Affected
Mageia Search vendor "Mageia"		Mageia Search vendor "Mageia" for product "Mageia"				4.0 Search vendor "Mageia" for product "Mageia" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				<= 6.3 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version " <= 6.3"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				2.1 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "2.1"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				2.2 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "2.2"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				4.0 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "4.0"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				4.1 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "4.1"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				4.2 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "4.2"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				4.2 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "4.2"		a		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				4.3 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "4.3"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				5.0 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "5.0"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				5.1 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "5.1"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				5.2 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "5.2"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				6.0 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "6.0"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				6.1 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "6.1"		-		Affected
Gnu Search vendor "Gnu"		Readline Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline"				6.2 Search vendor "Gnu" for product "Readline" and version "6.2"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				12.3 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "12.3"		-		Affected
Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse"		Opensuse Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse"				13.1 Search vendor "Opensuse" for product "Opensuse" and version "13.1"		-		Affected
Fedoraproject Search vendor "Fedoraproject"		Fedora Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora"				20 Search vendor "Fedoraproject" for product "Fedora" and version "20"		-		Affected