CVE-2001-0138 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2001-0138?

CVE-2001-0138 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 7 May 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

privatepw program in wu-ftpd before 2.6.1-6 allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2001-0138?

It affects 5 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Immunix Immunix, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux, Mandrakesoft Mandrake Linux Corporate Server, Redhat Linux.

How do I fix CVE-2001-0138?

No fix has been published for CVE-2001-0138 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2001-0138 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2001-0138 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-8v2v-3g3x-fvg3.