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CVE-2014-1838
The (1) extract_keys_from_pdf and (2) fill_pdf functions in pdf_ext.py in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and pos…
Impact
The (1) extract_keys_from_pdf and (2) fill_pdf functions in pdf_ext.py in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on /tmp/toto.fdf.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Opensuse | Opensuse | Versions 12.3, 13.1 |
| Logilab | Logilab-Common | through 0.60.0 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57209
- http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207561
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57209
- http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207561
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051