UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1876

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-1876
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1876.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1876
Upstream
  • CVE-2014-1876
Downstream
Related
Published
2014-02-10T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-09-08T16:43:08Z
Severity
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

The unpacker::redirect_stdio function in unpack.cpp in unpack200 in OpenJDK 6, 7, and 8; Oracle Java SE 5.0u61, 6u71, 7u51, and 8; JRockit R27.8.1 and R28.3.1; and Java SE Embedded 7u51 does not securely create temporary files when a log file cannot be opened, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/unpack.log.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:14.04:LTS / openjdk-7

Package

Name
openjdk-7
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/openjdk-7@7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=trusty

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1

Affected versions

7u25-2.*

7u25-2.3.12-4ubuntu3
7u25-2.3.12-4ubuntu5

7u45-2.*

7u45-2.4.3-3ubuntu1
7u45-2.4.3-3ubuntu2
7u45-2.4.3-4ubuntu1
7u45-2.4.3-4ubuntu2

7u51-2.*

7u51-2.4.4-1ubuntu1
7u51-2.4.5-1ubuntu1
7u51-2.4.6~pre1-1ubuntu2
7u51-2.4.6-1ubuntu3
7u51-2.4.6-1ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "icedtea-7-jre-jamvm"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "openjdk-7-demo"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "openjdk-7-jdk"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "openjdk-7-jre"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "openjdk-7-jre-headless"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "openjdk-7-jre-lib"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "openjdk-7-jre-zero"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "7u55-2.4.7-1ubuntu1",
            "binary_name": "openjdk-7-source"
        }
    ],
    "availability": "No subscription required"
}

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2014/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-1876.json"