CVE-2014-3219 Path traversal in n/a

High 7.8 Published Updated

Local attackers can overwrite arbitrary files via symlink attacks on temporary cache and log files in the fish shell.

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-2014-3219?

CVE-2014-3219 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 9 Feb 2018. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

fish before 2.1.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fishd.log.%s, (2) /tmp/.pac-cache.$USER, (3) /tmp/.yum-cache.$USER, or (4) /tmp/.rpm-cache.$USER.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-3219?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Fishshell Fish.

How do I fix CVE-2014-3219?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2014-3219 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-3219 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2014-3219, GHSA-x4v8-3282-qp44.

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