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CVE-2013-4159

ctdb before 2.3 in OpenSUSE 12.3 and 13.1 does not create temporary files securely, which has unspecified impact related to "several temp file vulnerabilities" in (1) tcp/tcp_connect.c, (2) server/eventscript.c, (3) tools/ctdb_diagnostics, (4) config/gdb_backtrace, and (5) include/ctdb_private.h.

Security Impact Summary

CVE-2013-4159 is a security vulnerability that . Impacting 3 products from ctdb_project, from opensuse, from mageia organizations running these solutions should prioritize assessment and patching.

Historical Context

Documented in 2014, this vulnerability occurred amid the cloud computing expansion era, where traditional network perimeter security models were being reevaluated. Organizations were transitioning from isolated infrastructure to interconnected systems, creating new attack surfaces that vulnerabilities like this could exploit.

Published

2014-08-06T18:55:05.620

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: PARTIAL
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

6.4

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	ctdb_project	ctdb	≤ 2.2	Yes
Application	ctdb_project	ctdb	2.0	Yes
Application	ctdb_project	ctdb	2.1	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	12.3	Yes
Operating System	opensuse	opensuse	13.1	Yes
Operating System	mageia	mageia	3.0	Yes
Operating System	mageia	mageia	4.0	Yes

References

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0274.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00052.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/CTDB2releaseNotes#ctdb_2.5 ([email protected])
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:177 ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/29/12 ([email protected])
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986773 ([email protected])
https://git.samba.org/?p=ctdb.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b9b9f6738fba5c32e87cb9c36b358355b444fb9b ([email protected])
http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2014-0274.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2014-06/msg00052.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://wiki.samba.org/index.php/CTDB2releaseNotes#ctdb_2.5 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2015:177 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/29/12 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=986773 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://git.samba.org/?p=ctdb.git%3Ba=commitdiff%3Bh=b9b9f6738fba5c32e87cb9c36b358355b444fb9b (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

How SecUtils Interprets This CVE

SecUtils normalizes and enriches National Vulnerability Database (NVD) records by standardizing vendor and product identifiers, aggregating vulnerability metadata from both NVD and MITRE sources, and providing structured context for security teams. For ctdb_project's affected products, we extract Common Platform Enumeration (CPE) data, Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE) classifications, CVSS severity metrics, and reference data to enable rapid vulnerability prioritization and asset correlation. This record contains no exploit code, proof-of-concept instructions, or attack methodologies—only defensive intelligence necessary for patch management, risk assessment, and security operations.