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CVE-2014-6311

Published: 22 November 2019

generate_doygen.pl in ace before 6.2.7+dfsg-2 creates predictable file names in the /tmp directory which allows attackers to gain elevated privileges.

Notes

AuthorNote
jdstrand
per Debian, not installed into the binary packages

Priority

Low

Cvss 3 Severity Score

9.8

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
ace
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
vivid Ignored
(end of life)
groovy Ignored
(end of life)
kinetic Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
hirsute Ignored
(end of life)
jammy Needed

xenial Needed

impish Ignored
(end of life)
precise Ignored
(end of life)
artful Ignored
(end of life)
bionic Needed

cosmic Ignored
(end of life)
disco Ignored
(end of life)
eoan Ignored
(end of life)
focal Needed

lucid Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream Needs triage

utopic Ignored
(end of life)
wily Ignored
(end of life)
yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Ignored
(end of life)
mantic Needed

lunar Ignored
(end of life, was needed)
This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. This vulnerability is mitigated in part by the use of symlink restrictions in Ubuntu.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 9.8
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H