Directory Traversal Affecting accountsservice package, versions <0.6.45-6.7.6
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- published14 Apr 2022
- disclosed5 Nov 2018
Introduced: 5 Nov 2018
CVE-2018-14036 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade SLES:15.0 accountsservice to version 0.6.45-6.7.6 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 SLES.
See How to fix? for SLES:15.0 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.
References
- https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-14036.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1099699
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1101332
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/1112694
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104757
- https://bugs.freedesktop.org/show_bug.cgi?id=107085
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1099699
- https://cgit.freedesktop.org/accountsservice/commit/?id=f9abd359f71a5bce421b9ae23432f539a067847a