PT-2014-6374 · Xml-Dt · Xml-Dt

Damyan Ivanov · Published 2014-08-16 · Updated 2014-09-26 · CVE-2014-5260

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions XML-DT versions prior to 0.64

Description The issue allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/ xml ##### temporary file. This is possible due to vulnerabilities in the mkxmltype and mkdtskel scripts.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.64, update to version 0.64 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the mkxmltype and mkdtskel scripts until the update is applied.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-5260

MGASA-2014-0390

Affected Products

Xml-Dt

References · 11

• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-5260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/MGASA-2014-0390 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-5260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-5260 · Security Note
• https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0390.html · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-5260 · Vendor Advisory
• https://metacpan.org/diff/file?target=AMBS/XML-DT-0.64/&source=AMBS/XML-DT-0.63 · Note
• https://metacpan.org/source/AMBS/XML-DT-0.66/Changes · Note
• https://bugs.debian.org/756566 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/8 · Note
• https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13931 · Note