Improper Input Validation The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package cantata  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-CANTATA-614611
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed19 Jun 2018

Introduced: 19 Jun 2018

CVE-2018-12561  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-20  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream cantata package and not the cantata package as distributed by Ubuntu.

An issue was discovered in the cantata-mounter D-Bus service in Cantata through 2.3.1. A regular user can inject additional mount options such as file_mode= by manipulating (for example) the domain parameter of the samba URL.