CVE-2014-1876

CVE Details

Release Date:2014-02-03

Description


The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/unpack.log.

See more information about CVE-2014-1876 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD


CVSS v2.0 metrics


NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

Base Score: 1.9 Base Metrics: AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector: Local network Attack Complexity: Medium
Authentication: None required Confidentiality Impact: None
Integrity Impact: Partial Availability Impact: None

Errata information


PlatformErrataRelease Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)ELSA-2014-04082014-04-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)ELSA-2014-04072014-04-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)ELSA-2014-04082014-04-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)ELSA-2014-04062014-04-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)ELSA-2014-06852014-07-20
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)ELSA-2014-06752014-07-20



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