CVE-2014-4978 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2014-4978?

CVE-2014-4978 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, published on 29 Dec 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The rs_filter_graph function in librawstudio/rs-filter.c in rawstudio might allow local users to truncate arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/rs-filter-graph.png or (2) /tmp/rs-filter-graph.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2014-4978?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Fedoraproject Fedora, Rawstudio Rawstudio.

How do I fix CVE-2014-4978?

No fix has been published for CVE-2014-4978 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

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

Is CVE-2014-4978 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2014-4978 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
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• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2cc5-8mh8-5c99.