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CVE-2013-0178

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.1)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2019-11-01 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Insecure temporary file vulnerability in Redis before 2.6 related to /tmp/redis-%p.vm.

Affected products

• Redis Labs Redis: before 2.6.0 — fixed in 2.6.0

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Redis Labs Redis 2.6.0. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/7
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-0178
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81329
• https://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/697af434fbeb2e3ba2ba9687cd283ed1a2734fa5
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0178
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/5
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/01/14/7
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2013-0178
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81329
• https://github.com/antirez/redis/commit/697af434fbeb2e3ba2ba9687cd283ed1a2734fa5
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-0178

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