Path traversal in Gnu - CVE-2010-4651
Published: May 10, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU12548
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 5.1 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-4651
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to write arbitrary files on the target system.
The weakness exists in util.c due to Path traversal. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and create or overwrite arbitrary files via a filename that is specified with a .. (dot dot) or full pathname.
The weakness exists in util.c due to Path traversal. A remote attacker can trick the victim into opening a specially crafted file and create or overwrite arbitrary files via a filename that is specified with a .. (dot dot) or full pathname.
Affected software
Gnu
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
SUSE Linux
Slackware Linux
How to mitigate CVE-2010-4651
Install update from vendor's website.