Link following in eyeD3 and Opensuse - CVE-2014-1934
Published: May 8, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41708
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-1934
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.
tag.py in eyeD3 (aka python-eyed3) 7.0.3, 0.6.18, and earlier for Python allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a temporary file.
Affected software
eyeD3
Opensuse
Fedora
python-eyed3
Opensuse
Fedora
python-eyed3
How to mitigate CVE-2014-1934
Install update from vendor's website.
python-eyed3 - addressed in versions 0.7.4-4.el7, 0.7.4-4.fc21, 0.7.4-5.el6