{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2524","details":"The _rl_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file.","modified":"2026-04-22T09:37:34.870953Z","published":"2014-08-20T14:55:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2014-2524"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2524"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/03/14/5"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-2524"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"readline6","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:14.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/readline6@6.3-4ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=trusty"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["6.2-9ubuntu1","6.3-1ubuntu1","6.3-1ubuntu2","6.3-4ubuntu1","6.3-4ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"lib32readline6","binary_version":"6.3-4ubuntu2"},{"binary_name":"lib64readline6","binary_version":"6.3-4ubuntu2"},{"binary_name":"libreadline6","binary_version":"6.3-4ubuntu2"},{"binary_name":"libx32readline6","binary_version":"6.3-4ubuntu2"},{"binary_version":"6.3-4ubuntu2","binary_name":"readline-common"},{"binary_version":"6.3-4ubuntu2","binary_name":"rlfe"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-2524.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.5","severity":[{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"negligible"}]}