CVE-2014-5260

Publication date 16 August 2014

Last updated 16 September 2025

Ubuntu priority

Low

Why this priority?

Description

The (1) mkxmltype and (2) mkdtskel scripts in XML-DT before 0.64 allow local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on a /tmp/_xml_##### temporary file.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
libxml-dt-perl 19.04 disco
Not affected
18.10 cosmic
Not affected
18.04 LTS bionic
Not affected
17.10 artful Ignored end of life
17.04 zesty Ignored end of life
16.10 yakkety Ignored end of life
16.04 LTS xenial
Not affected
15.10 wily Ignored end of life
15.04 vivid Ignored end of life
14.10 utopic Ignored end of life
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Ignored end of life
10.04 LTS lucid Ignored end of life

Notes

seth-arnold

Look for 0.66-1 which fixes usability issue introduced with 0.65.

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