SB2014020312 - Fedora EPEL 6 update for fwsnort
Published: February 3, 2014 Updated: April 24, 2025
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014020312
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Input validation error (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-0039)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in fwsnort before 1.6.4, when not running as root, allows local users to execute arbitrary code via a Trojan horse fwsnort.conf in the current working directory. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html "CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path"
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.