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CVE-2014-1839: Vulnerability in logilab-commons Shell Utility Affects Local System Integrity
CVE-2014-1839 · published 12 years ago
Summary
A security issue in the logilab-commons shell utility allows a local user to potentially disrupt system functionality by manipulating temporary files. This issue affects systems that use logilab-commons version 0.61.0 or earlier. Update to version 0.61.0 or later to mitigate this risk.
What to do
- Update logilab logilab-common to version 0.61.0.
- Update debian logilab-common to version 0.61.0-1.
Affected software
| Ecosystem | Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|---|
| pip | logilab | logilab-common |
< 0.61.0 Fix: upgrade to 0.61.0
|
| – | opensuse | opensuse |
12.3 13.1 cpe:2.3:o:opensuse:opensuse:12.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| – | logilab | logilab-common |
<= 0.60.0 cpe:2.3:a:logilab:logilab-common:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| Debian:11 | debian | logilab-common |
< 0.61.0-1 Fix: upgrade to 0.61.0-1
|
| Debian:12 | debian | logilab-common |
< 0.61.0-1 Fix: upgrade to 0.61.0-1
|
| Debian:13 | debian | logilab-common |
< 0.61.0-1 Fix: upgrade to 0.61.0-1
|
| Debian:14 | debian | logilab-common |
< 0.61.0-1 Fix: upgrade to 0.61.0-1
|
Original advisory text
The Execute class in shellutils in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 uses tempfile.mktemp, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by pre-creating the temporary file.
The Execute class in shellutils in logilab-commons before 0.61.0 uses tempfile.mktemp, which allows local users to have an unspecified impact by pre-creating the temporary file.
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-1839
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737051
- http://comments.gmane.org/gmane.comp.security.oss.general/11986
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-02/msg00085.html
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g5m2-22h2-rr3j
- http://www.logilab.org/ticket/207562
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/logilab-common/PYSEC-2...
- http://secunia.com/advisories/57209 Vendor Advisory
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-1839 Vendor Advisory
Internet-facing
60 days
Internal
At next upgrade
- Not known to be exploited
- Needs hands-on effort to exploit (estimated)
- Gives an attacker partial control (estimated)
Type
CWE-378Creation of Temporary File With Insecure Permissions
Timeline
Published11 Mar 2014
Updated4 Nov 2026
First seen6 Mar 2026
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