CVEvulnerability

CVE-2009-4013

9.8 CRITICAL Published 2010-02-02 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2010-02-02
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 3.1 ([email protected])
9.8 CRITICAL — CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-22

Description

Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Lintian 1.23.x through 1.23.28, 1.24.x through 1.24.2.1, and 2.x before 2.3.2 allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information via vectors involving (1) control field names, (2) control field values, and (3) control files of patch systems.

Affected configurations

• debian lintian (>= 1.23.0 <= 1.23.28) • debian lintian (>= 1.24.0 <= 1.24.2.1) • debian lintian (>= 2.0.0 < 2.3.2) • debian debian linux 4.0 • debian debian linux 5.0 • canonical ubuntu linux 6.06 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 8.10 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.04 • canonical ubuntu linux 9.10

Related

Weakness · CWE (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory weakness

References