Link following in Fedora - CVE-2013-0159
Published: May 1, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU37145
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2013-0159
CWE-ID: CWE-59
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fedoraproject
Affected software:
Fedora
Fedora
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2013-0159
Install update from vendor's website.