CVE 2013-1429

Lintian before 2.5.12 allows remote attackers to gather information about the "host" system using crafted symlinks.

Related bugs and status

CVE-2013-1429 (Candidate) is related to these bugs:

Bug #1169636: lintian: CVE-2013-1429 - path traversal/information disclosure

Summary				In	Importance	Status
	1169636	lintian: CVE-2013-1429 - path traversal/information disclosure		lintian (Ubuntu)	Undecided	Fix Released
	1169636	lintian: CVE-2013-1429 - path traversal/information disclosure		Lintian	Unknown	Fix Released

Bug #1173896: Merge lintian 2.5.12 (main) from Debian experimental (main)

Summary				In	Importance	Status
	1173896	Merge lintian 2.5.12 (main) from Debian experimental (main)		lintian (Ubuntu)	Wishlist	Fix Released

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CVE page on Mitre.org for more details.