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title: "CVE-2013-4159\n    | Ubuntu"
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# CVE-2013-4159

Publication date 6 August 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024

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Ubuntu priority

**Low**

[Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority )

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## Description

ctdb before 2.3 in OpenSUSE 12.3 and 13.1 does not create temporary files
securely, which has unspecified impact related to "several temp file
vulnerabilities" in (1) tcp/tcp\_connect.c, (2) server/eventscript.c, (3)
tools/ctdb\_diagnostics, (4) config/gdb\_backtrace, and (5)
include/ctdb\_private.h.

[Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-4159?format=md#notes)

## Status

Show unmaintained releases

| Package | Ubuntu Release | Status |
| --- | --- | --- |
| ctdb | 17.04 zesty | Not in release |
| 16.10 yakkety | Not in release |
| 16.04 LTS xenial | Not in release |
| 15.10 wily | Not affected |
| 15.04 vivid | Not affected |
| 14.10 utopic | Not affected |
| 14.04 LTS trusty | Not in release |
| 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life |
| 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored end of life |
| 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life |

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* [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses)

## Notes

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### [sbeattie](https://launchpad.net/~sbeattie)

as of xenial, ctdb is now a part of samba

## References

* [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-4159)
* [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-4159)
* [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-4159)
* [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-4159)

### Other references

* <https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-4159>