CVE-2014-5260

The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### temporary file.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.3 Medium

Status

Modified - security@debian.org

Published

2014-08-16

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-59

Affected products

• Xml-dt (Xml-dt Project)

References

• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/15/8
• https://bugs.debian.org/756566
• https://metacpan.org/diff/file?target=AMBS/XML-DT-0.64/&source=AMBS/XML-DT-0.63/
• https://metacpan.org/source/AMBS/XML-DT-0.66/Changes