{"id":"MGASA-2014-0319","summary":"Updated readline packages fix security vulnerability","details":"Steve Kemp discovered the _rl_tropen() function in readline insecurely handled\na temporary file. This could allow a local attacker to perform symbolic link\nattacks (CVE-2014-2524).\n\nAlso, upstream patches have been added to fix an infinite loop in vi input\nmode, and to fix an issue with slowness when pasting text.\n","modified":"2026-04-16T06:22:22.947188404Z","published":"2014-08-06T10:31:11Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-2524"],"references":[{"type":"ADVISORY","url":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.html"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=13512"},{"type":"WEB","url":"https://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-July/135686.html"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"readline","ecosystem":"Mageia:3","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/readline?arch=source&distro=mageia-3"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2-7.1.mga3"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.json"}},{"package":{"name":"readline","ecosystem":"Mageia:4","purl":"pkg:rpm/mageia/readline?arch=source&distro=mageia-4"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"6.2-9.1.mga4"}]}],"ecosystem_specific":{"section":"core"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0319.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","credits":[{"name":"Mageia","contact":["https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Packages_Security_Team"],"type":"COORDINATOR"}]}