Link Following Affecting libimobiledevice package, versions <1.1.5-0.1


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Debian security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.04% (6th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-LIBIMOBILEDEVICE-1550157
  • published19 Jan 2014
  • disclosed19 Jan 2014

Introduced: 19 Jan 2014

CVE-2013-2142  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 libimobiledevice to version 1.1.5-0.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libimobiledevice package and not the libimobiledevice package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

userpref.c in libimobiledevice 1.1.4, when $HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME are not set, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) HostCertificate.pem, (2) HostPrivateKey.pem, (3) libimobiledevicerc, (4) RootCertificate.pem, or (5) RootPrivateKey.pem in /tmp/root/.config/libimobiledevice/.

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