Upstream information

CVE-2014-1838 at MITRE

Description

The (1) extract_keys_from_pdf and (2) fill_pdf functions in pdf_ext.py in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files and possibly have other unspecified impact via a symlink attack on /tmp/toto.fdf.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
  National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.4
Vector AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 861822 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3
  • python-logilab-common >= 0.56.2-1.9.1
 Patchnames:
sdksp3-python-logilab-common
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4
  • python-logilab-common >= 0.56.2-1.9.1
 Patchnames:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 GA python-logilab-common-0.56.2-1.9.1
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • python-logilab-common >= 1.0.2-1.4
  • python3-logilab-common >= 1.2.2-1.2
  • python310-logilab-common >= 1.11.0-1.5
  • python311-logilab-common >= 1.11.0-1.5
  • python312-logilab-common >= 1.11.0-1.5
  • python36-logilab-common >= 1.8.1-1.5
  • python38-logilab-common >= 1.8.1-1.5
  • python39-logilab-common >= 1.8.1-1.5
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10400
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-11235
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-14145

Status of this issue by product and package

Please note that this evaluation state might be work in progress, incomplete or outdated. Also information for service packs in the LTSS phase is only included for issues meeting the LTSS criteria. If in doubt, feel free to contact us for clarification. The updates are grouped by state of their lifecycle. SUSE product lifecycles are documented on the lifecycle page.

Product(s) Source package State
Products past their end of life and not receiving proactive updates anymore.
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP2 python-logilab-common Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 python-logilab-common Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP4 python-logilab-common Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP2 python-logilab-common Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 python-logilab-common Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP4 python-logilab-common Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP2 python-logilab-common Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP3 python-logilab-common Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server for SAP Applications 11 SP4 python-logilab-common Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP2 python-logilab-common Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 python-logilab-common Unsupported
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP4 python-logilab-common Unsupported

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Fri Jan 31 20:24:08 2014
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 18:24:25 2024