CVE-2014-4038

Name	CVE-2014-4038
Description	ppc64-diag 2.6.1 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack related to (1) rtas_errd/diag_support.c and /tmp/get_dt_files, (2) scripts/ppc64_diag_mkrsrc and /tmp/diagSEsnap/snapH.tar.gz, or (3) lpd/test/lpd_ela_test.sh and /var/tmp/ras.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
ppc64-diag (PTS)	buster	2.7.4-2	fixed
	bullseye	2.7.6-1	fixed
	bookworm, sid	2.7.9-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
ppc64-diag	source	(unstable)	2.7.1-5

Issue partially fixed in 2.7.1-1, but not all parts fixed
SuSE Patch: https://bugzilla.suse.com/attachment.cgi?id=599147