CVE-2014-3219
fish before 2.1.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fishd.log.%s, (2) /tmp/.pac-cache.$USER, (3) /tmp/.yum-cache.$USER, or (4) /tmp/.rpm-cache.$USER.
02 Description
fish before 2.1.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fishd.log.%s, (2) /tmp/.pac-cache.$USER, (3) /tmp/.yum-cache.$USER, or (4) /tmp/.rpm-cache.$USER.
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
- 0.43% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 37.1% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.8 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
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
- 2018-02-09 22:00Z8 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 10:35Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2014-05-03
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- bb010d96df2b5016c30c46d5b82e909ff6e2ed3c98acc0b171ef0e2164d8b7eb
05 Affected products
06 References
- security.gentoo.orgGLSA-201412-49http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201412-49.xml
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2014-5783http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-May/132751.html
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140928 Security release of fish shell 2.1.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/28/8
- github.comhttps://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/commit/3225d7e169a9edb2f470c26989e7bc8e0d0355ce
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20140506 Re: Upcoming security release of fish 2.1.1http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/06/3
- github.comhttps://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1440
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1092091
- www.securityfocus.com67115http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/67115
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2177http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00059.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2019:2188http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00071.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- fish Fixed in 2.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- fish Fixed in 2.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- fish Fixed in 2.1.1-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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