The _rl_tropen 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-08-20T14:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:14:26.704Z

Reserved: 2014-03-17T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2014-2524

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-08-20T14:55:05.860

Modified: 2024-11-21T02:06:28.290

Link: CVE-2014-2524

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2014-03-14T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2014-2524 - Bugzilla