CVE-2014-4038

MediumCVSS 4.4/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

ppc64-diag 2.6.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to (1) rtas_errd/diag_support.c and /tmp/get_dt_files, (2) scripts/ppc64_diag_mkrsrc and /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, or (3) lpd/test/lpd_ela_test.sh and /var/tmp/ras.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 4.4/10AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00018.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0383.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1320.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60616
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68049
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882667Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109371Issue Tracking
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00018.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0383.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1320.htmlThird Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/60616
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68049
https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882667Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109371Issue Tracking

Timeline

Published: Jun 17, 2014
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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