DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1838

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1838
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1838.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1838
Upstream
Published
2014-03-11T19:37:04Z
Modified
2026-09-01T20:03:20Z
Summary
[none]
Details

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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:12 / logilab-common

Package

Name
logilab-common
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/logilab-common?arch=source&distro=bookworm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.61.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1838.json"

Debian:13 / logilab-common

Package

Name
logilab-common
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/logilab-common?arch=source&distro=trixie

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.61.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1838.json"

Debian:14 / logilab-common

Package

Name
logilab-common
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/logilab-common?arch=source&distro=forky

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.61.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "low"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1838.json"