CVE-2014-1839 Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions in logilab-commons
Local attackers can exploit a race condition in temporary file creation to modify data or execute code via the logilab-commons library.
- 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-2014-1839?
CVE-2014-1839 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Opensuse, published on 11 Mar 2014. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The Execute class in shellutils in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 uses tempfile.mktemp, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by pre-creating the temporary file.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-1839?
3 open source packages ship an affected version, including logilab-common. It affects 2 products.
| Package | Affected | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
logilab-common PyPI | All versions | 0.60.1 |
logilab-common PyPI | All versions | 0.61.0 |
logilab-common PyPI | All versions | 0.61.0 |
Products include Logilab Logilab-Common, Opensuse Opensuse.
How do I fix CVE-2014-1839?
Upgrade logilab-common to a fixed version for your release line: 0.60.1 or 0.61.0.
Is CVE-2014-1839 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-1839 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Opensuse Opensuse
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-1839, GHSA-g5m2-22h2-rr3j, PYSEC-2014-84.