high8.1
CVE-2018-13054
An issue was discovered in Cinnamon 1.9.2 through 3.8.6.
Impact
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 _on_face_browse_menuitem_activated and _on_face_menuitem_activated. 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.
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| Debian | Debian Linux | Version 8.0 |
| Linuxmint | Cinnamon | from 1.9.2 through 3.8.6 |
Weakness classification
References
- NVD record
- CVE.org record
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083067
- https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00011.html
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1083067
- https://github.com/linuxmint/Cinnamon/pull/7683
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00011.html