CVE-2018-13054 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2018-13054?

CVE-2018-13054 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 2 Jul 2018. 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

An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of (for example) other users' icon files in _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated and _on_face_menuitem_activated. These icon files are written to the respective user's $HOME/.face location. If an unprivileged user prepares a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be overwritten with the icon content.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-13054?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Linuxmint Cinnamon.

How do I fix CVE-2018-13054?

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-2018-13054 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-13054 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-2018-13054, DLA-1420-1, GHSA-6g5m-97v8-hh8j, MGASA-2019-0063, UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13054, USN-4844-1.