The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file.
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/587
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/579
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-09/msg00037.html
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077023
http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/bug-readline/2014-03/msg00057.html
Source: Mitre, NVD
Published: 2014-08-20
Updated: 2025-04-12
Base Score: 3.3
Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Severity: Low
Base Score: 5.5
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Severity: Medium
EPSS: 0.00157