--- title: "CVE-2014-2524\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2524?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2014-2524 Publication date 20 August 2014 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Negligible** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The \_rl\_tropen function in util.c in GNU readline before 6.3 patch 3 allows local users to create or overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /var/tmp/rltrace.[PID] file. [Read the notes from the security team](https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-2524?format=md#notes) ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | readline6 | 15.10 wily | Not affected | | 15.04 vivid | Ignored end of life | | 14.10 utopic | Ignored end of life | | 14.04 LTS trusty | Ignored | | 13.10 saucy | Ignored end of life | | 12.10 quantal | Ignored end of life | | 12.04 LTS precise | Ignored | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## Notes --- ### [mdeslaur](https://launchpad.net/~mdeslaur) the security issue is in a debugging function that isn't used, we will not be publishing an update for this issue. ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2014-2524) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-2524) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2014-2524) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-2524) ### Other references * *