CVE-2013-1976 Path traversal in n/a
Medium 6.9
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-1976 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2013-1976 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 9 Jul 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1976 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Redhat Enterprise Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1976/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-1976/index.md)
Local attackers can exploit symlink vulnerabilities in Tomcat init scripts to change ownership of arbitrary files, potentially leading to privilege escalation.
- 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-2013-1976?
CVE-2013-1976 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 9 Jul 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
The (1) tomcat5, (2) tomcat6, and (3) tomcat7 init scripts, as used in the RPM distribution of Tomcat for JBoss Enterprise Web Server 1.0.2 and 2.0.0, and Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 and 6, allow local users to change the ownership of arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (a) tomcat5-initd.log, (b) tomcat6-initd.log, (c) catalina.out, or (d) tomcat7-initd.log.
Weakness: CWE-59
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-1976?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
tomcat5 Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 |
tomcat5-admin-webapps Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 |
tomcat5-common-lib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 |
tomcat5-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 |
tomcat5-jasper Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 |
tomcat5-jasper-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 |
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 |
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 |
tomcat5-server-lib Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 |
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 |
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 |
tomcat5-webapps Red Hat:enterprise_linux:5::server | All versions | 0:5.5.23-0jpp.40.el5_9 |
tomcat5 Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5-admin-webapps Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5-common-lib Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5-jasper Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5-jasper-eclipse Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5-jasper-javadoc Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api-javadoc Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5-parent Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5-server-lib Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api-javadoc Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5-webapps Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-33_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat6 Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat6-admin-webapps Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat6-docs-webapp Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat6-el-1.0-api Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat6-javadoc Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat6-jsp-2.1-api Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat6-lib Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat6-log4j Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat6-servlet-2.5-api Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat6-webapps Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el5 | All versions | 0:6.0.32-32_patch_09.ep5.el5 |
tomcat5 Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el6 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6 |
tomcat5-admin-webapps Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el6 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6 |
tomcat5-common-lib Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el6 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6 |
tomcat5-jasper Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el6 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6 |
tomcat5-jasper-eclipse Red Hat:jboss_enterprise_web_server:1::el6 | All versions | 0:5.5.33-36_patch_09.ep5.el6 |
Products include Redhat Enterprise Linux, Redhat Jboss Enterprise Web Server.
How do I fix CVE-2013-1976?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-2013-1976 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-1976 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-q878-9wf9-424m, RHSA-2013:0870, RHSA-2013:0871, RHSA-2013:0872.