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Cent OS: CVE-2014-1876: CESA-2014:0408 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-1876: CESA-2014:0408 (java-1.6.0-openjdk)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
02/10/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

Description

The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/unpack.log.

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-java-1-6-0-openjdk
  • centos-upgrade-java-1-6-0-openjdk-demo
  • centos-upgrade-java-1-6-0-openjdk-devel
  • centos-upgrade-java-1-6-0-openjdk-javadoc
  • centos-upgrade-java-1-6-0-openjdk-src
  • centos-upgrade-java-1-7-0-openjdk
  • centos-upgrade-java-1-7-0-openjdk-demo
  • centos-upgrade-java-1-7-0-openjdk-devel
  • centos-upgrade-java-1-7-0-openjdk-javadoc
  • centos-upgrade-java-1-7-0-openjdk-src

References

  • 65568
  • DSA-2912
  • DSA-2923
  • GLSA-201406-32
  • CVE-2014-1876
  • USN-2187-1
  • USN-2191-1
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