CVE-2015-5069

Publication date 26 September 2017

Last updated 25 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The (1) filesystem::get_wml_location function in filesystem.cpp and (2) is_legal_file function in filesystem_boost.cpp in Battle for Wesnoth before 1.12.3 and 1.13.x before 1.13.1 allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to inclusion of .pbl files from WML.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
wesnoth-1.10	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Not in release
	17.04 zesty	Not in release
	16.10 yakkety	Not in release
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not in release
	15.10 wily	Not in release
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.10 utopic	Ignored end of life
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Ignored end of life
wesnoth-1.12	19.04 disco	Not in release
	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.10 yakkety	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Not affected
	15.10 wily	Ignored end of life
	15.04 vivid	Ignored end of life
	14.10 utopic	Not in release
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release
	12.04 LTS precise	Not in release

Notes

seth-arnold

incomplete fix lead to CVE-2015-5070

Severity score breakdown

CVSS version: CVSS v3.0

Base score 4.3 · Medium

Base metrics

Parameter	Value
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	Low
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality impact	Low
Integrity impact	None
Availability impact	None

Scores

Parameter	Value
Base score	4.3 · Medium
Exploitability score	-
Impact score	-

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N