UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14036

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2018-14036

    Published: 13 Jul 2018Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2018-14036

    Summary:

    Details: Directory Traversal with ../ sequences occurs in AccountsService before 0.6.50 because of an insufficient path check in user_change_icon_file_authorized_cb() in user.c.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2018-14036, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2018/07/02/2, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4616-1, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4616-2, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-14036

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: accountsservice

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3+esm2

    Affected versions

    0.6.34-0ubuntu6
    0.6.34-0ubuntu7
    0.6.35-0ubuntu1
    0.6.35-0ubuntu2
    0.6.35-0ubuntu3
    0.6.35-0ubuntu4
    0.6.35-0ubuntu5
    0.6.35-0ubuntu6
    0.6.35-0ubuntu7
    0.6.35-0ubuntu7.1
    0.6.35-0ubuntu7.2
    0.6.35-0ubuntu7.3

    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
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