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CVE-2018-14329

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Date: July 16, 2018

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

Language: C

Severity Score

4.7

Related Resources (3)

Url: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-14329

Url: https://github.com/samtools/htslib/issues/736

Url: https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-14329

Severity Score

4.7

Weakness Type (CWE)

Link Following

CWE-59

Race Conditions

CWE-362

Top Fix

Upgrade Version

No fix version available

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:	4.7
Attack Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Attack Complexity (AC):	HIGH
Privileges Required (PR):	LOW
User Interaction (UI):	NONE
Scope (S):	UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	HIGH
Availability (A):	NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:	3.3
Access Vector (AV):	LOCAL
Access Complexity (AC):	MEDIUM
Authentication (AU):	NONE
Confidentiality (C):	NONE
Integrity (I):	PARTIAL
Availability (A):	PARTIAL
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