CVE-2003-0440 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2003-0440?

CVE-2003-0440 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 10 Jul 2003. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The (1) semi MIME library 1.14.5 and earlier, and (2) wemi 1.14.0 and possibly other versions, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on temporary files.

Which versions are affected by CVE-2003-0440?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Semi Semi.

How do I fix CVE-2003-0440?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2003-0440 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2003-0440 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2003-0440, DSA-339, GHSA-wxg6-2r9f-5wx2.