Medium severity · published Nov 7, 2019
CVE-2013-1429
Lintian before 2.5.12 allows remote attackers to gather information about the "host" system using crafted symlinks
6.3
CVSS
1.3%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Lintian before 2.5.12 allows remote attackers to gather information about the "host" system using crafted symlinks.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Local
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
Required
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Changed
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.3% · higher than 70% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
8.0; 9.0; 10.0 · source: NVD
LI
Lintian · Debian
before 2.5.10.5; 2.5.11 · source: NVD
UL
Ubuntu Linux · Canonical
12.04 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-1429
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2013-1429
Third Party Advisory
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lintian/+bug/1169636
Third Party Advisory
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2013/CVE-2013-1429.html
Third Party Advisory
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1429
www.mail-archive.com
https://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1113881.html
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