MGASA-2013-0251

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    MGASA-2013-0251

    Published: 17 Aug 2013Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2013-2142

    Summary: Updated libimobiledevice packages fix CVE-2013-2142

    Details: Updated libimobiledevice packages fix security vulnerability: Paul Collins discovered that libimobiledevice incorrectly handled temporary files. A local attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite arbitrary files and access device keys. In the default Ubuntu installation, this issue should be mitigated by the Yama link restrictions (CVE-2013-2142).

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0251.html, http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/usn-1927-1, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=11010

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libimobiledevice

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/libimobiledevice?arch=source&distro=mageia-3

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.1.4-4.1.mga3

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High