CVE-2013-6409 Privilege escalation in n/a
Medium 6.2
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2013-6409 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2013-6409 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Dec 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-2013-6409 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: n/a. 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-2013-6409/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2013-6409/index.md)
Local attackers can hijack the terminal and gain privileges when the root-run adequate utility uses the --user option.
- 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-2013-6409?
CVE-2013-6409 is a medium-severity vulnerability in n/a, published on 7 Dec 2013. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Debian adequate before 0.8.1, when run by root with the --user option, allows local users to hijack the tty and possibly gain privileges via the TIOCSTI ioctl.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-6409?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Debian Adequate.
How do I fix CVE-2013-6409?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
Is CVE-2013-6409 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-6409 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2013-6409, GHSA-55jv-gc4r-wxh9.