CVE-2018-14329

Publication date 17 July 2018

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Negligible

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

4.7 · Medium

Score breakdown

In HTSlib 1.8, a race condition in cram/cram_io.c might allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
htslib 24.10 oracular
Vulnerable
24.04 LTS noble
Vulnerable
23.10 mantic Ignored end of life, was needed
23.04 lunar Ignored end of life, was needed
22.10 kinetic Ignored end of life, was needed
22.04 LTS jammy
Vulnerable
21.10 impish Ignored end of life
21.04 hirsute Ignored end of life
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Vulnerable
19.10 eoan Ignored end of life
19.04 disco Ignored end of life
18.10 cosmic Ignored end of life
18.04 LTS bionic
Vulnerable
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Vulnerable
14.04 LTS trusty Ignored end of ESM support, was needed

Notes


ebarretto

Neutralised by kernel hardening Upstream won't be fixing it

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 4.7 · Medium
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required Low
User interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N