--- title: "CVE-2013-2900\n | Ubuntu" description: Ubuntu is an open source software operating system that runs from the desktop, to the cloud, to all your internet connected things. url: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2013-2900?format=md keywords: index, follow --- # CVE-2013-2900 Publication date 21 August 2013 Last updated 24 July 2024 --- Ubuntu priority **Medium** [Why this priority?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#priority ) Toggle side navigation ## Description The FilePath::ReferencesParent function in files/file\_path.cc in Google Chrome before 29.0.1547.57 on Windows does not properly handle pathname components composed entirely of . (dot) and whitespace characters, which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks via a crafted directory name. ## Status Show unmaintained releases | Package | Ubuntu Release | Status | | --- | --- | --- | | chromium-browser | 13.04 raring | Not affected | | 12.10 quantal | Not affected | | 12.04 LTS precise | Not affected | | 10.04 LTS lucid | Ignored end of life | --- * [How can I get the fixes?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#security) * [What do statuses mean?](https://ubuntu.com/security/cves/about#statuses) ## References * [MITRE](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2013-2900) * [NVD](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2900) * [Launchpad](https://launchpad.net/bugs/cve/CVE-2013-2900) * [Debian](https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2013-2900) ### Other references * * * *