fedora-business-cards up to 1-0.1.beta1.fc16 on Fedora fedora-business-cards-buffer.svg link following

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in fedora-business-cards up to 1-0.1.beta1.fc16 on Fedora. It has been declared as problematic. This issue affects some unknown processing of the file /tmp/fedora-business-cards-buffer.svg. Such manipulation leads to link following. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2013-0159. Local access is required to approach this attack. No exploit exists. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in fedora-business-cards up to 1-0.1.beta1.fc16 on Fedora. It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the file /tmp/fedora-business-cards-buffer.svg. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a link following vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-59. The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource. Impacted is integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

The fedora-business-cards package before 1-0.1.beta1.fc17 on Fedora 17 and before 1-0.1.beta1.fc18 on Fedora 18 allows local users to cause a denial of service or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/fedora-business-cards-buffer.svg.

The bug was discovered 09/09/2013. The weakness was disclosed 05/02/2018 as Bug 892299 as not defined bug report (Bugzilla). The advisory is available at bugzilla.redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2013-0159 since 12/06/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. Local access is required to approach this attack. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 69819 (Fedora 18 : fedora-business-cards-1-0.1.beta1.fc18 (2013-0416)), 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.

Upgrading to version 1-0.1.beta1.fc17 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at Tenable (69819) and OSVDB (106072†). If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.1
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.1
VulDB Temp Score: 4.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Link following
CWE: CWE-59
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: No

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Nessus ID: 69819
Nessus Name: Fedora 18 : fedora-business-cards-1-0.1.beta1.fc18 (2013-0416)
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OpenVAS ID: 866886
OpenVAS Name: Fedora Update for fedora-business-cards FEDORA-2013-0416
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: fedora-business-cards 1-0.1.beta1.fc17

Timelineinfo

12/06/2012 🔍
01/08/2013 +33 days 🔍
09/09/2013 +244 days 🔍
09/10/2013 +1 days 🔍
05/01/2018 +1693 days 🔍
05/02/2018 +1 days 🔍
05/02/2018 +0 days 🔍
02/01/2020 +640 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: Bug 892299
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2013-0159 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2013-0159
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-117242
OSVDB: 106072 - CVE-2013-0159 - Fedora - Symlink Attack Issue

Entryinfo

Created: 05/02/2018 08:34
Updated: 02/01/2020 15:49
Changes: 05/02/2018 08:34 (71), 02/01/2020 15:49 (4)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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