CVE-2014-2905 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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: 2014-05-02

Score: 6.9 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:fishshell:fish:1.16.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:fishshell:fish:2.0.0:::::::*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2014-2928	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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Complete

Integrity Impact Complete

Availability Impact Complete

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00036.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00059.html
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2019-09/msg00071.html
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/04/28/4
https://github.com/fish-shell/fish-shell/issues/1436

History

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Subscriptions

Fishshell Fish

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2014-05-02T14:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T10:28:46.180Z

Reserved: 2014-04-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2014-2905

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2014-05-02T14:55:07.260

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2014-2905

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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