Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Feb 10, 2014· Updated Apr 29, 2026
CVE-2014-1876
CVE-2014-1876
Description
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.
Affected products
3cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 2 more
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:1.6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:1.7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- cpe:2.3:a:oracle:openjdk:1.8.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
0No patches discovered yet.
Vulnerability mechanics
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References
22- bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cginvd
- marc.infonvd
- marc.infonvd
- osvdb.org/102808nvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0675.htmlnvd
- rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0685.htmlnvd
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/242nvd
- seclists.org/oss-sec/2014/q1/285nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/58415nvd
- secunia.com/advisories/59058nvd
- security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-201406-32.xmlnvd
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wssnvd
- www.debian.org/security/2014/dsa-2912nvd
- www.oracle.com/technetwork/topics/security/cpuapr2014-1972952.htmlnvd
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/65568nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2187-1nvd
- www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-2191-1nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0413nvd
- access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:0414nvd
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cginvd
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