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CVE-2014-2905

fish (aka fish-shell) 1.16.0 before 2.1.1 does not properly check the credentials, which allows local users to gain privileges via the universal variable socket, related to /tmp/fishd.socket.user permissions.

Published

2014-05-02T14:55:07.260

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 6.9 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: MEDIUM
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: COMPLETE
Integrity Impact: COMPLETE
Availability Impact: COMPLETE

Exploitability Score

3.4

Impact Score

10.0

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-264

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	fishshell	fish	1.16.0	Yes
Application	fishshell	fish	2.0.0	Yes

References

http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00059.html ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00071.html ([email protected])
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/4 ([email protected])
https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1436 ([email protected])
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00059.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00071.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/4 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1436 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)