CVE-2014-1624 Information

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.

Reference

http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=736247 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/3 http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/21/4 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/65042 https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/90618