UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2524

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Source

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2524

Import Source

https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2524.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2524

Upstream

CVE-2014-2524

Published

2014-08-20T14:55:00Z

Modified

2026-04-22T09:37:34.870953Z

Severity

Ubuntu - negligible

Summary

[none]

Details

The rltropen 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.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / readline6

Package

Name: readline6
Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/readline6@6.3-4ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type: ECOSYSTEM
Events: Introduced

0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

6.*

6.2-9ubuntu1

6.3-1ubuntu1

6.3-1ubuntu2

6.3-4ubuntu1

6.3-4ubuntu2

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "lib32readline6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-4ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "lib64readline6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-4ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libreadline6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-4ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libx32readline6",
            "binary_version": "6.3-4ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "readline-common",
            "binary_version": "6.3-4ubuntu2"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "rlfe",
            "binary_version": "6.3-4ubuntu2"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2524.json"