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lintian — security advisory
Multiple 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.
- Products
- lintian
- Affected versions
- Not specified
- Fixed versions
- 2.3.2
- CVEs
- CVE-2009-4013
- Confirmed fixed CVEs
- Not specified
- Updated in this feed
- 1 Nov 2026, 00:44 UTC · Revision 1
Source evidence
Multiple 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.
osv:DEBIAN-CVE-2009-4013
lintian
Fixed versions: 2.3.2
lintian
Fixed versions: 2.3.2
lintian
Fixed versions: 2.3.2
Complete source record
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"source_id": "core-osv",
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"published_at": "2010-02-02T16:30:02.233+00:00"
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