| Name | CVE-2014-1876 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DSA-2912-1, DSA-2923-1 |
| Debian Bugs | 737562 |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| openjdk-6 | source | squeeze | 6b31-1.13.3-1~deb6u1 | DSA-2912-1 | ||
| openjdk-6 | source | wheezy | 6b31-1.13.3-1~deb7u1 | DSA-2912-1 | ||
| openjdk-6 | source | (unstable) | 6b31-1.13.3-1 | low | ||
| openjdk-7 | source | wheezy | 7u55-2.4.7-1~deb7u1 | DSA-2923-1 | ||
| openjdk-7 | source | (unstable) | 7u55-2.4.7-1 | low | 737562 |