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USN-1927-1: libimobiledevice vulnerability

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USN-1927-1: libimobiledevice vulnerability

Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P)

Published

01/19/2014

Created

07/25/2018

Added

04/08/2014

Modified

07/09/2020

Description

userpref.c in libimobiledevice 1.1.4, when $HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME are not set, allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) HostCertificate.pem, (2) HostPrivateKey.pem, (3) libimobiledevicerc, (4) RootCertificate.pem, or (5) RootPrivateKey.pem in /tmp/root/.config/libimobiledevice/.

Solution(s)

ubuntu-upgrade-libimobiledevice3

References

https://attackerkb.com/topics/cve-2013-2142
CVE - 2013-2142
USN-1927-1

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