PT-2019-6848 · Debian · Lintian

Niels Thykier · Published 2019-11-07 · Updated 2020-08-18 · CVE-2013-1429

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

6.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Lintian versions prior to 2.5.12

Description The issue allows remote attackers to gather information about the host system using crafted symlinks.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.5.12, update to version 2.5.12 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-2013-1429

Affected Products

Lintian

References · 7

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2013-1429 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1429 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2013-1429 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1429 · Vendor Advisory
• https://mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1113881.html · Note
• https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2013/CVE-2013-1429.html · Note
• https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lintian/+bug/1169636 · Note