CVE-2013-2900 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2013-2900?

CVE-2013-2900 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 21 Aug 2013. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

The FilePath::ReferencesParent function in files/file_path.cc in Google Chrome before 29.0.1547.57 on Windows does not properly handle pathname components composed entirely of . (dot) and whitespace characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted directory name.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2900?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2900?

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-2013-2900 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2900 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-6j6r-x8xq-r7gq.