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

Platform	Errata	Release Date
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-0408	2014-04-16
Oracle Linux version 5 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-0407	2014-04-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-0408	2014-04-16
Oracle Linux version 6 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-0406	2014-04-16
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-0685	2014-07-20
Oracle Linux version 7 (java-1.7.0-openjdk)	ELSA-2014-0675	2014-07-20

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