Link following in Oracle products - CVE-2014-9512
Published: February 12, 2015 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40896
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-9512
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.
rsync 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a file in the synchronization path.
Affected software
Rsync
Opensuse
Oracle Solaris
Opensuse
Oracle Solaris
How to mitigate CVE-2014-9512
Install update from vendor's website.
External References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2015-02/msg00041.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00095.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2016-06/msg00112.html
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinoct2015-2511968.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/76093
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1034786
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2879-1
- http://xteam.baidu.com/?p=169
- https://bugzilla.samba.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10977
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201605-04
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211168
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211170
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211171
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211175
- https://support.apple.com/kb/HT211289