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A vulnerability was found in fedup 0.9.0. It has been rated as problematic. This issue affects an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a code vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-17. Impacted is availability. The summary by CVE is:

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).

The weakness was presented 12/01/2014 by Michael Scherer (Website). It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2013-6494 since 11/04/2013. The exploitation is known to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 79077 (Fedora 21 : fedup-0.9.0-2.fc21 (2014-14347)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (79077).

Productinfo

Name

• fedup

CPE 2.3info

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CPE 2.2info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.0

VulDB Base Score: 4.0
VulDB Temp Score: 4.0
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VulDB Reliability: 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Code
CWE: CWE-17
ATT&CK: Unknown

Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 79077
Nessus Name: Fedora 21 : fedup-0.9.0-2.fc21 (2014-14347)
Nessus File: 🔍
Nessus Risk: 🔍
Nessus Family: 🔍
Nessus Port: 🔍

OpenVAS ID: 867259
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for fedup FEDORA-2014-14252
OpenVAS File: 🔍
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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

11/04/2013 🔍
02/18/2014 +106 days 🔍
02/18/2014 +0 days 🔍
11/10/2014 +265 days 🔍
11/19/2014 +9 days 🔍
12/01/2014 +12 days 🔍
12/01/2014 +0 days 🔍
03/27/2015 +116 days 🔍
04/04/2022 +2565 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: 44
Researcher: Michael Scherer
Status: Not defined
Confirmation: 🔍

CVE: CVE-2013-6494 (🔍)
Vulnerability Center: 47189 - FedUp Local Code Execution via Temporary File Creation, Medium
SecurityFocus: 70874 - FedUp CVE-2013-6494 Insecure Temporary File Creation Vulnerability

Entryinfo

Created: 03/27/2015 02:56 PM
Updated: 04/04/2022 07:06 PM
Changes: 03/27/2015 02:56 PM (57), 06/12/2017 08:34 AM (9), 04/04/2022 06:59 PM (3), 04/04/2022 07:06 PM (1)
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