PT-2018-12444 · Samtools+1 · Htslib+1

Rootup · Published 2018-07-17 · Updated 2019-09-18 · CVE-2018-14329

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

4.7

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions HTSlib version 1.8

Description A race condition exists in the cram/cram io.c file of HTSlib, potentially allowing local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Recommendations For HTSlib version 1.8, consider restricting access to the cram io.c file as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Link Following

Race Condition

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

CWE-362

Related Identifiers

CVE-2018-14329

Affected Products

Debian

Htslib

References · 11

• 🔥 https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/736 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2018-14329 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14329 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-14329 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14329 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14329 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-14329 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14329 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/htslib · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2018-14329 · Vendor Advisory
• https://packages.debian.org/src:htslib · Note