CVE-2013-6494 Information

Description

fedup 0.9.0 in Fedora 19 20 and 21 uses a temporary directory with a static name for its download cache which allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of system updates).

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141698.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142698.html http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142933.html http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70874 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066679 https://github.com/wgwoods/fedup/issues/44