CVE-2013-7300

Publication date 2 February 2014

Last updated 24 July 2024


Ubuntu priority

Description

Absolute path traversal vulnerability in cantata before 1.2.2 allows local users to read arbitrary files via a full pathname in a request to the internal httpd server. NOTE: this vulnerability can be leveraged by remote attackers using CVE-2013-7301.

From the Ubuntu Security Team

Automatically started HTTP server listens on all interfaces and will serve any file that the user running the HTTP server has access to, including e.g. ssh private keys.

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Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
cantata 14.04 LTS trusty Not in release
13.10 saucy Ignored end of life
13.04 raring Ignored end of life
12.10 quantal Not in release
12.04 LTS precise Not in release
10.04 LTS lucid Not in release

Notes


sbeattie

according to debian bug, 1.1.3 is not vulnerable to this issue