CVE-2013-1429
Lintian before 2.5.12 allows remote attackers to gather information about the "host" system using crafted symlinks.
02 Description
Lintian before 2.5.12 allows remote attackers to gather information about the "host" system using crafted symlinks.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.29% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 69.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 6.3 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:H/I:N/A:N
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2019-11-07 21:42Z6 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-06 15:04Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2013-01-26
- Assigning CNA
- debian
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-59Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- dc6e6c55bbd190a7be33d75e2776fa0150c338a39a3b9ce363bdff282df879d7
05 Affected products
06 References
- security-tracker.debian.orghttps://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-1429
- people.canonical.comhttps://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/2013/CVE-2013-1429.html
- www.mail-archive.comhttps://www.mail-archive.com/debian-bugs-dist%40lists.debian.org/msg1113881.html
- bugs.launchpad.nethttps://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/lintian/+bug/1169636
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- lintian Fixed in 2.5.10.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- lintian Fixed in 2.5.10.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- lintian Fixed in 2.5.10.5
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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