CVE-2014-0027 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

32%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

81%

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 3.3. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

First reported 11 years ago

2014-01-26 01:55:00

Last updated 11 years ago

2014-02-21 05:06:00

Affected Software

Carnegie Mellon University Flite 1.4

1.4

References

FEDORA-2014-0574

FEDORA-2014-0579

[oss-security] 20140110 temporary file issue in flite

MDVSA-2014:032

101948

64791

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1048678

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