CVE-2014-1420

Publication date 11 September 2020

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

3.3 · Low

Score breakdown

On desktop, Ubuntu UI Toolkit’s StateSaver would serialise data on tmp/ files which an attacker could use to expose potentially sensitive data. StateSaver would also open files without the O_EXCL flag. An attacker could exploit this to launch a symlink attack, though this is partially mitigated by symlink and hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. Fixed in 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
ubuntu-ui-toolkit 19.04 disco Not in release
18.10 cosmic Not in release
18.04 LTS bionic Not in release
17.10 artful Not in release
17.04 zesty
Fixed 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1
16.10 yakkety
Fixed 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1
16.04 LTS xenial
Fixed 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1
15.10 wily
Fixed 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1
15.04 vivid
Fixed 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1
14.10 utopic
Fixed 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release

Notes

jdstrand

desktop only. On Touch apps are confined by apparmor and use their own application-specific TMP area

Patch details

For informational purposes only. We recommend not to cherry-pick updates. How can I get the fixes?

Package Patch details
ubuntu-ui-toolkit

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 3.3 · Low
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity impact None
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N