cantata cantata-mounter D-Bus Service path traversal

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A vulnerability was found in cantata (version unknown). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component cantata-mounter D-Bus Service. The manipulation with the input value home/../sys/kernel leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through 2.3.1. Arbitrary unmounts can be performed by regular users via directory traversal sequences such as a home/../sys/kernel substring.

The bug was discovered 06/19/2018. The weakness was disclosed 06/19/2018 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at openwall.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-12560 since 06/19/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. The successful exploitation requires a simple authentication. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 110950 (Fedora 27 : cantata (2018-9296823b6c)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 277687 (Fedora Security Update for cantata (FEDORA-2018-9296823b6c)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 3 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (110950). The entries VDB-119671, VDB-119673 and VDB-119674 are pretty similar. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Nessus ID: 110950
Nessus Name: Fedora 27 : cantata (2018-9296823b6c)
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Advisory: FEDORA-2018-9296823b6c
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2018-12560 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-12560
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-119672
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Created: 06/20/2018 01:19 PM
Updated: 03/28/2023 08:15 AM
Changes: 06/20/2018 01:19 PM (70), 02/20/2020 11:08 AM (3), 03/28/2023 08:15 AM (4)
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