CVE-2013-0159

Description

The fedora-business-cards package before 1-0.1.beta1.fc17 on Fedora 17 and before 1-0.1.beta1.fc18 on Fedora 18 allows local users to cause a denial of service or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack on /tmp/fedora-business-cards-buffer.svg.

Category

7.1
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.0 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.04%
Third-Party Advisory redhat.com Third-Party Advisory redhat.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892299 issue tracking third party advisory patch
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=892815 issue tracking third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2013-0159?
CVE-2013-0159 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2013-0159?
To fix CVE-2013-0159, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2013-0159 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2013-0159 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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