CVE-2013-6494

Description

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).

References

https://github.com/wgwoods/fedup/issues/44

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066679

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70874

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142933.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142698.html

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141698.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Risk Information

CVSS v2

CVSS v3