CVE - CVE-2014-5459

CVE-ID
CVE-2014-5459	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
The PEAR_REST class in REST.php in PEAR in PHP through 5.6.0 allows local users to write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a (1) rest.cachefile or (2) rest.cacheid file in /tmp/pear/cache/, related to the retrieveCacheFirst and useLocalCache functions.
References
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CONFIRM:http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/bulletinjan2015-2370101.html MISC:https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=759282 MLIST:[oss-security] 20140827 Re: CVE request: php-pear, pear's insecure /tmp/ use for cache data URL:http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/08/27/3 SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:1133 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00024.html SUSE:openSUSE-SU-2014:1245 URL:http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-09/msg00055.html
Assigning CNA
MITRE Corporation
Date Record Created
20140826	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20140826)
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Proposed (Legacy)
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