CVE-2013-4668 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2013-4668?

CVE-2013-4668 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 18 Jul 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

Directory traversal vulnerability in File Roller 3.6.x before 3.6.4, 3.8.x before 3.8.3, and 3.9.x before 3.9.3, when libarchive is used, allows remote attackers to create arbitrary files via a crafted archive that is not properly handled in a "Keep directory structure" action, related to fr-archive-libarchive.c and fr-window.c.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-4668?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, File Roller Project File Roller.

How do I fix CVE-2013-4668?

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-2013-4668 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-4668 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-2013-4668, GHSA-g2xw-w8v5-q99p, MGASA-2013-0232.