CVE-2014-4038 Information

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.

Reference

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2014-07/msg00018.html http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/06/17/1 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0383.html http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1320.html http://secunia.com/advisories/60616 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/68049 https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882667 https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109371