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CVE-2014-5260

Publication date 16 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### temporary file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxml-dt-perl 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored
17.04 zesty Ignored
16.10 yakkety Ignored
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored
15.04 vivid Ignored
14.10 utopic Ignored
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored

Notes


seth-arnold

Look for 0.66-1 which fixes usability issue introduced with 0.65.