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FreeBSD: VID-75AAE50B-9E3C-11EB-9BC3-8C164582FBAC (CVE-2018-14036): AccountsService -- Insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb()

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FreeBSD: VID-75AAE50B-9E3C-11EB-9BC3-8C164582FBAC (CVE-2018-14036): AccountsService -- Insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb()

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
07/13/2018
Created
11/08/2022
Added
11/04/2022
Modified
12/23/2022

Description

Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.

Solution(s)

  • freebsd-upgrade-package-accountsservice

References

  • CVE-2018-14036
  • USN-4616-1
  • USN-4616-2

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