Low severity3.8NVD Advisory· Published Sep 11, 2020· Updated Jun 17, 2026
CVE-2014-1420
CVE-2014-1420
Description
On desktop, Ubuntu UI Toolkit's StateSaver would serialise data on tmp/ files which an attacker could use to expose potentially sensitive data. StateSaver would also open files without the O_EXCL flag. An attacker could exploit this to launch a symlink attack, though this is partially mitigated by symlink and hardlink restrictions in Ubuntu. Fixed in 1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1.
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Affected products
4- cpe:2.3:a:canonical:ubuntu-ui-toolkit:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*Range: <1.1.1188\+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1
- Range: <1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1
- Range: <1.1.1188+14.10.20140813.4-0ubuntu1
- Canonical/ubuntu-ui-toolkitv5Range: 1.1.1188
Patches
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References
2- bazaar.launchpad.net/~ubuntu-sdk-team/ubuntu-ui-toolkit/staging/revision/1182nvdPatchThird Party Advisory
- launchpad.net/bugs/1348241nvdIssue TrackingThird Party Advisory
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