CVE-2014-4038

Medium

Description

ppc64-diag 2.6.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to (1) rtas_errd/diag_support.c and /tmp/get_dt_files, (2) scripts/ppc64_diag_mkrsrc and /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, or (3) lpd/test/lpd_ela_test.sh and /var/tmp/ras.

SeverityMedium
CVSS4.4
Exploit probability—
ProductPpc64-diag
PublishedJun 17, 2014
First seenJun 17, 2014

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
ppc64-diag_project ppc64-diag2.6.1—
suse linux_enterprise_server11—
redhat enterprise_linux_server6.0, 7.0—

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