SB2014011301 - Path traversal in Fedoraproject Fedora
Published: January 13, 2014 Updated: August 10, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014011301
Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0746)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in DeviceKit-disks in DeviceKit, as used in Fedora 11 and 12 and possibly other operating systems,. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and local users to gain privileges via . (dot dot) sequences in the label for a pluggable storage device.
Remediation
Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.