CVE-2019-13241 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2019-13241?

CVE-2019-13241 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Canonical Ubuntu Linux, published on 4 Jul 2019. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

FlightCrew v0.9.2 and older are vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.

Weakness: CWE-22

Which versions are affected by CVE-2019-13241?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Canonical Ubuntu Linux, Flightcrew Project Flightcrew.

How do I fix CVE-2019-13241?

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-2019-13241 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2019-13241 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 DEBIAN-CVE-2019-13241, GHSA-jff3-mqp2-2qvx, UBUNTU-CVE-2019-13241.