CVE-2014-4038 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

44%

Complexity

34%

Confidentiality

106%

ppc64-diag 2.6.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to (1) rtas_errd/diag_support.c and /tmp/get_dt_files, (2) scripts/ppc64_diag_mkrsrc and /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, or (3) lpd/test/lpd_ela_test.sh and /var/tmp/ras.

ppc64-diag 2.6.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to (1) rtas_errd/diag_support.c and /tmp/get_dt_files, (2) scripts/ppc64_diag_mkrsrc and /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, or (3) lpd/test/lpd_ela_test.sh and /var/tmp/ras.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.4. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 10 years ago

2014-06-17 15:55:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2017-01-07 03:00:00

Affected Software

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 Service Pack 3

11

ppc64-diag project ppc64-diag 2.6.1

2.6.1

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server 6.0

6.0

RedHat Enterprise Linux Server 7.0

7.0

References

SUSE-SU-2014:0928

Third Party Advisory

[oss-security] 20140617 Re: CVE request: multiple /tmp races in ppc64-diag

Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2015:0383

Third Party Advisory

RHSA-2015:1320

Third Party Advisory

60616

68049

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882667

Issue Tracking

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109371

Issue Tracking

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