Code Injection in Opensuse - CVE-2014-4043

 

Code Injection in Opensuse - CVE-2014-4043

Published: October 7, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU41240
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4043
CWE-ID: CWE-94
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
Opensuse
Software vendor:
SUSE

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.

The posix_spawn_file_actions_addopen function in glibc before 2.20 does not copy its path argument in accordance with the POSIX specification, which allows context-dependent attackers to trigger use-after-free vulnerabilities.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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