CVE-2014-4038

critical

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.

References

Advisories
More

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1320.html

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0383.html

http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00018.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109371

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882667

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68049

http://secunia.com/advisories/60616

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2014-06-17

Updated: 2026-06-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.4

Vector: CVSS2#AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical

EPSS

EPSS: 0.00058