DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5260

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5260
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5260.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5260
Upstream
Published
2014-08-16T04:39:55.723Z
Modified
2026-04-28T20:13:28.826056Z
Summary
[none]
Details

The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/xml##### temporary file.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libxml-dt-perl

Package

Name
libxml-dt-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxml-dt-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.66-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5260.json"

Debian:12 / libxml-dt-perl

Package

Name
libxml-dt-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxml-dt-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.66-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5260.json"

Debian:13 / libxml-dt-perl

Package

Name
libxml-dt-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxml-dt-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.66-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5260.json"

Debian:14 / libxml-dt-perl

Package

Name
libxml-dt-perl
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libxml-dt-perl?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.66-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5260.json"