SB2018050106 - Link following in Fedoraproject Fedora
Published: May 1, 2018 Updated: August 8, 2020
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018050106
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Local access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Link following (CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0159)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to #BASIC_IMPACT#.
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.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.