UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1624

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1624
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1624.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1624
Upstream
Published
2014-01-28T00:55:00Z
Modified
2025-07-18T16:42:59Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - low
Summary
[none]
Details

Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.getruntimedir function in python-xdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating /tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-victim to point to a victim-owned location, then replacing it with a symlink to an attacker-controlled location once the getruntimedir function is called.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / pyxdg

Package

Name
pyxdg
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyxdg@0.25-4?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.25-4

Affected versions

0.*
0.25-3

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25-4",
            "binary_name": "python-xdg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25-4",
            "binary_name": "python3-xdg"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1624.json"

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / pyxdg

Package

Name
pyxdg
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/pyxdg@0.25-4?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.25-4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25-4",
            "binary_name": "python-xdg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "0.25-4",
            "binary_name": "python3-xdg"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source 
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1624.json"