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TI-2013-05862 Aliases CVE-2013-7171GHSA-j9q9-287q-j5c9

Slackware 14.0 and 14.1, and Slackware LLVM 3.0-i486-2 and 3.3-i486-2, contain…

Priority MEDIUM 51CWE-20Published · Updated

Key facts

Attack vector
Network
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Attack complexity
Low
Impact type
—
Confidentiality · integrity · availability
High · High · High
Fix status
No fix listed

Attack profile from CVSS 3.1 · NVD. Fix status from CNA.

Summary

Slackware 14.0 and 14.1, and Slackware LLVM 3.0-i486-2 and 3.3-i486-2, contain world-writable permissions on the /tmp directory which could allow remote attackers to execute arbitrary code with root privileges.

Why it matters now

EPSS 0.06344 93rd percentileScored 2026-11-07
Fix No fix listed No fixed version in the sources yet

SSVC decision points

Not available: CISA has not published SSVC decision points for this record.

Affected products

VendorProductAffected versionsFixed inStatusSource
——all versions—No fix listedCNA
  • — Vendor— Affected all versions Fixed in — No fix listed CNA

CPE configurations NVD · 2

CPEVersionsRoleVendor
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*14.0VulnerableSlackware
cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*14.1VulnerableSlackware
  • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 14.0 Vulnerable ·Slackware
  • cpe:2.3:o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Versions 14.1 Vulnerable ·Slackware

Remediation

No fixed version listed by the sources yet.

Vendor assessments

Red Hat

Red Hat rating: Moderate. Red Hat's page for this CVE →

Not affected: 2 products
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Timeline

  1. 2026-10-02 Threatist record created from CVE-2013-7171
  2. 2026-10-03 Alias added: GHSA-j9q9-287q-j5c9

References

Advisory 3

  • TI-1999-00363 Buffer overflows in wuarchive ftpd (wu-ftpd) and ProFTPD lead to remote root access… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2013-04258 The RFC 5011 implementation in rdata.c in ISC BIND 9.7.x and 9.8.x before 9.8.5-P2… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.8
  • TI-2000-00834 Some functions that implement the locale subsystem on Unix do not properly cleanse… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-1999-00189 Buffer overflow in telnet daemon tgetent routing allows remote attackers to gain root… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2004-00808 Buffer overflow in the MSN protocol handler for gaim 0.79 to 1.0.1 allows remote… CVSS 2.0HIGH 10.0
  • TI-2003-00869 Heap-based buffer overflow in rsync before 2.5.7, when running in server mode, allows… CVSS 2.0HIGH 7.5
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Sources

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