UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10538

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-10538
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10538.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10538
Upstream
Published
2018-05-31T20:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:00Z
Severity
  • 3.5 (Low) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The package node-cli before 1.0.0 insecurely uses the lock_file and log_file. Both of these are temporary, but it allows the starting user to overwrite any file they have access to.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / node-cli

Package

Name
node-cli
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-cli@0.4.4~20120516-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.4~20120516-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-cli",
            "binary_version": "0.4.4~20120516-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10538.json"

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / node-cli

Package

Name
node-cli
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/node-cli@0.4.4~20120516-1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

0.*
0.4.4~20120516-1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "node-cli",
            "binary_version": "0.4.4~20120516-1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-10538.json"