CVE-2014-1876

CVE Details

Release Date:	2014-02-03
Impact:	Low	What is this?

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.

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

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score:	1.9
Vector String:	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Version:	2.0
Attack Vector:	Local
Attack Complexity:	Medium
Authentication:	None
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