Oval Definition:oval:com.ubuntu.bionic:def:20141624000
Revision Date:2014-01-27Version:1
Title:CVE-2014-1624 on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) - low.
Description:Race condition in the xdg.BaseDirectory.get_runtime_dir function in python-xdg 0.25 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by pre-creating /tmp/pyxdg-runtime-dir-fallback-victim to point to a victim-owned location, then replacing it with a symlink to an attacker-controlled location once the get_runtime_dir function is called.
Family:unixClass:vulnerability
Status:Reference(s):CVE-2014-1624
Platform(s):Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
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Definition Synopsis
  • Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (bionic) is installed.
  • AND The 'pyxdg' package in bionic is affected and needs fixing.
  • BACK