CVE-2018-14036 — Path Traversal in Accountsservice

CWE-22 — Path Traversal11 documents7 sources
Severity
6.5MEDIUMNVD
EPSS
1.2%
top 20.75%
CISA KEV
Not in KEV
Exploit
No known exploits
Affected products
3
Canonical AccountsserviceFreedesktop AccountsserviceDebian Accountsservice
Timeline
PublishedJul 13
Latest updateMay 14

Description

Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.

CVSS vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:NExploitability: 2.8 | Impact: 3.6

Affected Packages4 packages

▶debiandebian/accountsservice< accountsservice 0.6.45-2 (bookworm)
▶Debiancanonical/accountsservice< 0.6.45-2+3
▶Ubuntucanonical/accountsservice< 0.6.40-2ubuntu11.6+3

Patches

Patch: cgit.freedesktop.org ↗Patch: cgit.freedesktop.org ↗

🔴Vulnerability Details

4
GHSA
GHSA-2pjf-fjvv-2rf2: Directory Traversal with↗2022-05-14
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OSV
accountsservice vulnerabilities↗2020-11-04
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OSV
accountsservice vulnerabilities↗2020-11-03
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OSV
CVE-2018-14036: Directory Traversal with↗2018-07-13
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📋Vendor Advisories

4
Ubuntu
AccountsService vulnerabilities↗2020-11-04
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Ubuntu
AccountsService vulnerabilities↗2020-11-03
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Red Hat
accountsservice: insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c↗2018-07-13
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Debian
CVE-2018-14036: accountsservice - Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 b...↗2018
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💬Community

2
Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14036 accountsservice: insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c [fedora-all]↗2018-07-13
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Bugzilla
CVE-2018-14036 accountsservice: insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c↗2018-07-13
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