USN-4844-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4844-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4844-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4844-1
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Published
2021-03-15T22:27:19.487136Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:24Z
Summary
cinnamon vulnerability
Details

Matthias Gerstner discovered that the cinnamon-settings-users utility in Cinnamon did not safely handle symlinks. An unprivileged attacker could potentially use this vulnerability to overwrite arbitrary files as root.

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 

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

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "high",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2018-13054"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS"
}

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 

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

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H",
                    "type": "CVSS_V3"
                },
                {
                    "score": "high",
                    "type": "Ubuntu"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2018-13054"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS"
}