CVE-2014-2524 - CVE House
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Status published Low CVE-2014-2524

The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3...

Vulnerability Description

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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Credits & Attribution

No credits recorded in the NVD database.

Affected Vendor

Affected Software

mageia, readline, opensuse, fedora
Vulnerable Versions:
3.0, 4.0, 0, 2.1, 2.2, 4.1, 4.2, 4.3, 5.0, 5.1, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1, 6.2, 12.3, 13.1, 20

Timeline

Official Publish: August 20th, 2014
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

No CWE data available

MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

No associated TTPs found for this vulnerability.