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CVE-2014-1876 Details

Description

The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/unpack.log.

Metrics

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737562	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2	CVE
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2	CVE
http://osvdb.org/102808	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0675.html	CVE
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0685.html	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413	CVE
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414	CVE
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060907	CVE
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/242	CVE
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/285	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/58415	CVE
http://secunia.com/advisories/59058	CVE
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml	CVE
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080	CVE
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746	CVE
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679713	CVE
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2912	CVE
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html	CVE
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65568	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2187-1	CVE
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2191-1	CVE
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737562	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852886808946&w=2	[email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=140852974709252&w=2	[email protected]
http://osvdb.org/102808	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0675.html	[email protected]
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0685.html	[email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413	[email protected]
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414	[email protected]
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060907	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/242	[email protected]
http://seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/285	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/58415	[email protected]
http://secunia.com/advisories/59058	[email protected]
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xml	[email protected]
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080	[email protected]
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746	[email protected]
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679713	[email protected]
http://www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2912	[email protected]
http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html	[email protected]
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65568	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2187-1	[email protected]
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2191-1	[email protected]

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-59	Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
oracle openjdk	1.6.0 1.7.0 1.8.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:1.6.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:1.7.0:::::::* cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:1.8.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 17, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 29, 2026	Status Change	[email protected]
Nov 21, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jan 5, 2018	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Dec 22, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Aug 23, 2016	CVE Translated	[email protected]
Aug 23, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 11, 2014	Initial Analysis	[email protected]