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SCA: security update for logilab-common (GHSA-rr52-wg7f-8875)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 418886

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

 - The (1) extract_keys_from_pdf and (2) fill_pdf functions in pdf_ext.py in logilab-commons before 0.61.0
 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink
 attack on /tmp/toto.fdf. (CVE-2014-1838)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-rr52-wg7f-8875

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 418886

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/28/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-1838

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.6

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 8.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/30/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-1838

BID: 65253

cwe: CWE-59