CVE-2014-2524
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.
02 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.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.41% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 35.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2014-08-20 14:00Z12 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:14Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-03-17
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 10c3bec5a77b3719fc595f0d6279c05c10cd920d83b32a4ecb952589a7d3d4ac
05 Affected products
06 References
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2014:154http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2014:154
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2014:1226http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-7523https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140317 Re: Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readlinehttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587
- www.mandriva.comMDVSA-2015:132http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:132
- advisories.mageia.orghttp://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html
- lists.gnu.org[Bug-readline] 20140331 Readline-6.3 Official Patch 3http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html
- seclists.org[oss-security] 20140314 Insecure usage of temporary files in GNU Readlinehttp://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579
07 Fixed in
Ubuntu 14.04 LTS
- readline6 No fix yet
Source: Ubuntu, Canonical Ltd. Licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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