low3.8
CVE-2014-1420
On desktop, Ubuntu UI Toolkit's StateSaver would serialise data on tmp/ files which an attacker could use to expose potentially sensitive data.
Impact
On desktop, Ubuntu UI Toolkit's StateSaver would serialise data on tmp/ files which an attacker could use to expose potentially sensitive data. StateSaver would also open files without the O_EXCL flag. An attacker could exploit this to launch a symlink attack, though this is partially mitigated by symlink and hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. Fixed in 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Canonical | Ubuntu-Ui-Toolkit | before 1.1.1188\+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1 |