CVE-2013-6494

Severity: low (CVSS 2.1 v2.0)
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: 2014-12-02 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-17

Description

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).

Affected products

Fedup Project Fedup: 0.9.0

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141698.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142698.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142933.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70874
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066679
https://github.com/wgwoods/fedup/issues/44
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/141698.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142698.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-November/142933.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70874
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1066679
https://github.com/wgwoods/fedup/issues/44

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