CVE-2014-0027

Publication date 26 January 2014

Last updated 22 May 2026

Description

The play_wave_from_socket function in audio/auserver.c in Flite 1.4 allows local users to modify arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/awb.wav. NOTE: some of these details are obtained from third party information.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
flite	17.04 zesty	Not affected
	16.10 yakkety	Not affected
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Not affected
	15.04 vivid	Not affected
	14.10 utopic	Not affected
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not affected
	13.10 saucy	Ignored end of life
	13.04 raring	Ignored end of life
	12.10 quantal	Ignored end of life
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
	10.04 LTS lucid	Ignored end of life

How can I get the fixes?
What do statuses mean?

Notes

mdeslaur

not only does Yama protect the temp file against misuse, but the Debian bug states that nothing in the archive uses the insecure function.

References

MITRE
NVD
Launchpad
Debian

Other references

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/01/10
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-0027