The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit…

Description

The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/unpack.log.

Scores

EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)

0.46% · top 60% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)

The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.4.

Weakness

• n/a
• CWE-59 (opens in a new tab)All about CWE-59 and its CVEs

Affected products

• n/a

  • affected n/a

References (22)

• USN-2187-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0675 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0414 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• GLSA-201406-32 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_GENTOOx_transferred
• USN-2191-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_UBUNTUx_transferred
• HPSBUX03091 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21672080 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0413 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1060907 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• 59058 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• HPSBUX03092 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_HPx_transferred
• RHSA-2014:0685 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHATx_transferred
• DSA-2912 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANx_transferred
• http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 58415 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
• http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=737562 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140207 Re: CVE request and heads-up on insecure temp file handling in unpack200 (OpenJDK, Oracle Java) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21676746 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• [oss-security] 20140203 CVE request and heads-up on insecure temp file handling in unpack200 (OpenJDK, Oracle Java) (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_MLISTx_transferred
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21679713 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
• 65568 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
• 102808 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred

Sources

The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.

• CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
• CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
• NVD (opens in a new tab)
• FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
• OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
• GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
• CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)

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Record last updated 6 Aug 2024, 09:58 UTC.