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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/t…

Impact

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.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versions
MageiaMageia
Versions 3.0, 4.0
GnuReadline
through 6.3
Versions 2.1, 2.2, 4.0, 4.1, 4.2
OpensuseOpensuse
Versions 12.3, 13.1
FedoraprojectFedora
Version 20

Weakness classification

CWE-59

References