CVE-2013-0219 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can exploit symlink vulnerabilities in SSSD home directory operations to modify or delete arbitrary files, potentially escalating 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-2013-0219?
CVE-2013-0219 is a low-severity path traversal vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 24 Feb 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
System Security Services Daemon (SSSD) before 1.9.4, when (1) creating, (2) copying, or (3) removing a user home directory tree, allows local users to create, modify, or delete arbitrary files via a symlink attack on another user's files.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-0219?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (14)
libipa_hbac Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
libipa_hbac-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
libipa_hbac-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
sssd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
sssd-client Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
sssd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
sssd-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::client | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
libipa_hbac Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
libipa_hbac-devel Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
libipa_hbac-python Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
sssd Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
sssd-client Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
sssd-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
sssd-tools Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:1.5.1-70.el5 |
Products include Fedoraproject Sssd, Redhat Enterprise Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2013-0219?
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-2013-0219 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-0219 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Redhat Enterprise Linux
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-0219, GHSA-6mv3-cv86-5f7j, MGASA-2013-0158, RHSA-2013:1319.