Link Following Affecting fish package, versions <2.1.1-1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-FISH-300354
  • published9 Feb 2018
  • disclosed9 Feb 2018

Introduced: 9 Feb 2018

CVE-2014-3219  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 fish to version 2.1.1-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream fish package and not the fish package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

fish before 2.1.1 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) /tmp/fishd.log.%s, (2) /tmp/.pac-cache.$USER, (3) /tmp/.yum-cache.$USER, or (4) /tmp/.rpm-cache.$USER.