SB2014042306 - Link following in Novell Opensuse



SB2014042306 - Link following in Novell Opensuse

Published: April 23, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2014042306
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2893)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.

The GetHTMLRunDir function in the scan-build utility in Clang 3.5 and earlier allows local users to obtain sensitive information or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary directories with predictable names.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.