Directory Traversal Affecting accountsservice package, versions <0.6.45-2


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
6.09% (90th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN10-ACCOUNTSSERVICE-317748
  • published22 Jul 2018
  • disclosed13 Jul 2018

Introduced: 13 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-14036  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:10 accountsservice to version 0.6.45-2 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream accountsservice package and not the accountsservice package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:10 relevant fixed versions and status.

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.