CVE-2013-4159 Other in n/a
Insecure temporary file creation in CTDB allows local attackers to potentially escalate privileges or modify data via race conditions.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2013-4159?
CVE-2013-4159 is a high-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 6 Aug 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
ctdb before 2.3 in OpenSUSE 12.3 and 13.1 does not create temporary files securely, which has unspecified impact related to "several temp file vulnerabilities" in (1) tcp/tcp_connect.c, (2) server/eventscript.c, (3) tools/ctdb_diagnostics, (4) config/gdb_backtrace, and (5) include/ctdb_private.h.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4159?
It affects 3 products.
Products include Ctdb Project Ctdb, Mageia Mageia, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2013-4159?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2013-4159 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4159 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as GHSA-4pj4-x8fv-v6vm, MGASA-2014-0274.