CVE-2013-6494 (GCVE-0-2013-6494)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-12-02 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 17:46
VLAI
Summary
fedup 0.9.0 in Fedora 19, 20, and 21 uses a temporary directory with a static name for its download cache, which allows local users to cause a denial of service (prevention of system updates).
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
Date Public
2014-02-18 00:00
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