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CVE-2013-6494

Date: December 1, 2014

fedup 0.9.0 in Fedora 19, 20, and 21 uses a temporary directory with a static name for its download cache, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of system updates).

Language: Python

Severity Score

4.0

Related Resources (8)

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142698.html

Url: https://github.com/wgwoods/fedup/issues/44

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-6494

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142933.html

Url: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70874

Url: http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141698.html

Url: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066679

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2013-6494

Severity Score

4.0

Weakness Type (CWE)

Code

CWE-17

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.0
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	LOW
Privileges Required (PR):	NONE
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	LOW

CVSS v2

Base Score:	2.1
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	LOW
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	NONE
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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