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National Vulnerability Database

National Vulnerability Database

NVD

National Vulnerability Database
  1. Vulnerabilities

CVE-2014-1876 Detail

Current 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.


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URL Source(s) Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737562 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2 CVE, MITRE
http://osvdb.org/102808 CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0675.html CVE, MITRE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0685.html CVE, MITRE
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/242 CVE, MITRE
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/285 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/58415 CVE, MITRE
http://secunia.com/advisories/59058 CVE, MITRE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml CVE, MITRE
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080 CVE, MITRE
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746 CVE, MITRE
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679713 CVE, MITRE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2912 CVE, MITRE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html CVE, MITRE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65568 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2187-1 CVE, MITRE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2191-1 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413 CVE, MITRE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414 CVE, MITRE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060907 CVE, MITRE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2014-1876
NVD Published Date:
02/10/2014
NVD Last Modified:
04/10/2025
Source:
MITRE