Security readout for executives and security teams
CVE-2014-4038 is a local file overwrite flaw in ppc64-diag 2.6.1. A user with local access could abuse unsafe temporary-file handling to overwrite files the tool can write. This is mainly a risk for systems where untrusted users have shell or job access. Exposure is likely limited to Linux ppc64 environments with ppc64-diag 2.6.1 or affected vendor builds installed. Confirm through package inventory and the Red Hat or SUSE advisories named in the source bundle. Treat this as a platform-specific local privilege and integrity risk. It is not presented as remotely exploitable or actively exploited, but affected multi-user ppc64 systems should be updated during normal security maintenance. Mitigation focus: Check Red Hat and SUSE advisories for affected package versions.; Update ppc64-diag from trusted vendor repositories where affected.; Remove ppc64-diag if it is not operationally required..
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- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1109371CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=882667CVE reference · x_refsource_CONFIRM
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