CVE-2015-1322 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2015-1322?

CVE-2015-1322 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 29 Apr 2015. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the Ubuntu network-manager package for Ubuntu (vivid) before 0.9.10.0-4ubuntu15.1, Ubuntu 14.10 before 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu28.1, and Ubuntu 14.04 LTS before 0.9.8.8-0ubuntu7.1 allows local users to change the modem device configuration or read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the file name in a request to read modem device contexts (com.canonical.NMOfono.ReadImsiContexts).

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2015-1322?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Ubuntu Network-Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2015-1322?

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-2015-1322 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2015-1322 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in Canonical Ubuntu Linux

• CVE-2020-11651 SaltStack Salt Authentication Bypass Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2020-7247 OpenSMTPD Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2019-16928 Exim Out-of-bounds Write Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2018-6789 Exim Buffer Overflow Exploited Critical 9.8
• CVE-2015-2590 Oracle Java SE and Java SE Embedded Remote Code Execution Exploited Critical 9.8

All Canonical Ubuntu Linux vulnerabilities

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-w22p-5rfg-4229, UBUNTU-CVE-2015-1322, USN-2581-1.