CVE-2014-4038

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2014-06-13
CWE:
(CWE-367|CWE-377)
Bugzilla:
1109371: CVE-2014-4038 CVE-2014-4039 ppc64-diag: multiple temporary file races
Multiple insecure temporary file use flaws were found in the way the ppc64-diag utility created certain temporary files. A local attacker could possibly use either of these flaws to perform a symbolic link attack and overwrite arbitrary files with the privileges of the user running ppc64-diag, or obtain sensitive information from the temporary files.

Find out more about CVE-2014-4038 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 4.6
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ppc64-diag) RHSA-2015:0383 2015-03-05
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (ppc64-diag) RHSA-2015:1320 2015-07-20

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