CVE-2009-4013

NameCVE-2009-4013
DescriptionMultiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in Lintian 1.23.x through 1.23.28, 1.24.x through 1.24.2.1, and 2.x before 2.3.2 allow remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files or obtain sensitive information via vectors involving (1) control field names, (2) control field values, and (3) control files of patch systems.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1979-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
lintian (PTS)bullseye2.104.0fixed
bookworm2.116.3fixed
sid, trixie2.120.0fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
lintiansourceetch1.23.28+etch1DSA-1979-1
lintiansourcelenny1.24.2.1+lenny1DSA-1979-1
lintiansource(unstable)2.3.2medium

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