CVE-2014-2906

Upstream information

CVE-2014-2906 at MITRE

Description

The psub function in fish (aka fish-shell) 1.16.0 before 2.1.1 does not properly create temporary files, which allows local users to execute arbitrary commands via a temporary file with a predictable name.

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SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

CVSS v2 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	4.4
Vector	AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector	Local
Access Complexity	Medium
Authentication	None
Confidentiality Impact	Partial
Integrity Impact	Partial
Availability Impact	Partial

CVSS v3 Scores

CVSS detail	National Vulnerability Database
Base Score	7
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector	Local
Attack Complexity	High
Privileges Required	Low
User Interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact	High
Integrity Impact	High
Availability Impact	High
CVSSv3 Version	3.1

No SUSE Bugzilla entries cross referenced.

SUSE Security Advisories:

• openSUSE-SU-2019:2177-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:43 2023
• openSUSE-SU-2019:2188-1, published Fri Dec 8 15:48:43 2023

List of released packages

Product(s)	Fixed package version(s)	References
SUSE Package Hub 12	fish >= 2.2.0-6.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2016-790
openSUSE Leap 15.0	fish3 >= 3.0.0-lp150.3.1 fish3-devel >= 3.0.0-lp150.3.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-2177
openSUSE Leap 15.1	fish3 >= 3.0.0-lp151.2.1 fish3-devel >= 3.0.0-lp151.2.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-2019-2188
openSUSE Tumbleweed	fish >= 2.4.0-1.1	Patchnames: openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-10348

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Mon Apr 28 21:16:29 2014
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:20:44 2025