cantata up to 2.3.1 cantata-mounter D-Bus service mount.cifs.wrapper Wildcard input validation

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in cantata up to 2.3.1. Impacted is an unknown function of the file mount.cifs.wrapper of the component cantata-mounter D-Bus service. Executing a manipulation as part of Wildcard can lead to input validation. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2018-12562. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability classified as critical was found in cantata up to 2.3.1. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file mount.cifs.wrapper of the component cantata-mounter D-Bus service. The manipulation as part of a Wildcard leads to a input validation vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-20. The product receives input or data, but it does not validate or incorrectly validates that the input has the properties that are required to process the data safely and correctly. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through 2.3.1. The wrapper script 'mount.cifs.wrapper' uses the shell to forward the arguments to the actual mount.cifs binary. The shell evaluates wildcards (such as in an injected string:/home/../tmp/* string).

The bug was discovered 06/19/2018. The weakness was shared 06/19/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at openwall.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2018-12562 since 06/19/2018. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit.

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-119672 and VDB-119673 are related to this item. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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• cantata

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• 2.3.0
• 2.3.1

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• open-source

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