Path traversal in Fedora - CVE-2010-0746
Published: January 13, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42167
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2010-0746
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fedoraproject
Affected software:
Fedora
Fedora
Detailed vulnerability description
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.
How to mitigate CVE-2010-0746
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.