CVE-2009-4013
CRITICAL severity · CVSS 9.8 · Path traversal
9.8CVSS CRITICAL
Summary
Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Lintian 1.23.x through 1.23.28, 1.24.x through 1.24.2.1, and 2.x before 2.3.2 allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information via vectors involving (1) control field names, (2) control field values, and (3) control files of patch systems.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexityLow
Privileges requiredNone
User interactionNone
Confidentiality impactHigh
Integrity impactHigh
Availability impactHigh
Exploit probability (EPSS)6%
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix promptly. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Official patch: http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/lintian/news/20100128T015554Z.html ↗
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://packages.qa.debian.org/l/lintian/news/20100128T015554Z.htmlPatch
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37975Patch
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38375Advisory
- http://secunia.com/advisories/38379Advisory
- http://git.debian.org/?p=lintian/lintian.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=c8d01f062b3e5137cf65196760b079a855c75e00
- http://git.debian.org/?p=lintian/lintian.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=fbe0c92b2ef7e360d13414bf40d6af5507d0c86d
- http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/l/lintian/lintian_2.3.2/changelog
- http://www.debian.org/security/2010/dsa-1979Advisory