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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 16:20 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