CVE-2014-1839

Description

The Execute class in shellutils in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 uses tempfile.mktemp, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by pre-creating the temporary file.

4.4

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 0.06%

Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory secunia.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207562
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html	vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57209	third party advisory vendor advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051
http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986	mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2014-1839?: CVE-2014-1839 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2014-1839?: To fix CVE-2014-1839, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2014-1839 being actively exploited in the wild?: As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2014-1839 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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