| Name | CVE-2018-14329 |
| Description | In HTSlib 1.8, a race condition in cram/cram_io.c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| htslib (PTS) | buster | 1.9-12~deb10u1 | vulnerable |
| bullseye | 1.11-4 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 1.16+ds-3 | vulnerable |
| sid, trixie | 1.18+ds-1 | vulnerable |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| htslib | source | (unstable) | (unfixed) | unimportant | | |
Notes
https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/736
Neutralised by kernel hardening