UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13054

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-13054
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2018/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13054.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2018-13054
Related
Published
2018-07-02T14:29:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:38Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6. The cinnamon-settings-users.py GUI runs as root and allows configuration of (for example) other users' icon files in onfacebrowsemenuitemactivated and _onfacemenuitemactivated. These icon files are written to the respective user's $HOME/.face location. If an unprivileged user prepares a symlink pointing to an arbitrary location, then this location will be overwritten with the icon content.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / cinnamon

Package

Name
cinnamon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cinnamon@2.8.6-1ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.8.6-1ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

2.*

2.6.13-1ubuntu2
2.8.6-1ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "high",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.6-1ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "cinnamon"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.6-1ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "cinnamon-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.6-1ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "cinnamon-dbg"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.6-1ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "cinnamon-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.8.6-1ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "cinnamon-doc"
        }
    ]
}

Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / cinnamon

Package

Name
cinnamon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/cinnamon@3.6.7-8ubuntu1+esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.6.7-8ubuntu1+esm1

Affected versions

3.*

3.4.6-1
3.6.7-3
3.6.7-4
3.6.7-5
3.6.7-6
3.6.7-7
3.6.7-8
3.6.7-8ubuntu1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro: https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "ubuntu_priority": "high",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.7-8ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "cinnamon"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.7-8ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "cinnamon-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.7-8ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "cinnamon-dbgsym"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "3.6.7-8ubuntu1+esm1",
            "binary_name": "cinnamon-doc"
        }
    ]
}