CVE-2013-0180 Path traversal in Redis

Medium 5.5 Published Updated

An attacker can exploit insecure temporary file handling in Redis to potentially execute arbitrary code or escalate privileges.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Any signed-in user
Attackable
Local or same network only
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
Available

What is CVE-2013-0180?

CVE-2013-0180 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Redis, published on 1 Nov 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Insecure temporary file vulnerability in Redis 2.6 related to /tmp/redis.ds.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0180?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Redislabs Redis.

How do I fix CVE-2013-0180?

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-2013-0180 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0180 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0180, GHSA-vh6c-fwf7-mm9v.

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