| Name | CVE-2014-1624 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 736247 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| pyxdg (PTS) | buster | 0.25-5 | fixed |
| bullseye | 0.27-2 | fixed |
| trixie, sid, bookworm | 0.28-2 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| pyxdg | source | squeeze | (not affected) | | | |
| pyxdg | source | wheezy | (not affected) | | | |
| pyxdg | source | (unstable) | 0.25-4 | low | | 736247 |
Notes
[squeeze] - pyxdg <not-affected> (get_runtime_dir introduced in later version)
[wheezy] - pyxdg <not-affected> (get_runtime_dir introduced in later version)