CVE-2019-13229

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.5 v3.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2019-07-04 · updated 2026-06-17
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

deepin-clone before 1.1.3 uses a fixed path /tmp/partclone.log in the Helper::getPartitionSizeInfo() function to write a log file as root, and follows symlinks there. An unprivileged user can prepare a symlink attack there to create or overwrite files in arbitrary file system locations. The content is not attacker controlled.

Affected products

Deepin Clone: before 1.1.3 — fixed in 1.1.3

How to fix

Upgrade to a fixed version: Deepin Clone 1.1.3. Check the vendor advisory for mitigations.

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/04/1
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1130388
https://github.com/linuxdeepin/deepin-clone/commit/e079f3e2712b4f8c28e3e63e71ba1a1f90fce1ab
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCHGRJV5CWTMYEE5B5C2FNMCFVP45S7H/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/07/04/1
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1130388
https://github.com/linuxdeepin/deepin-clone/commit/e079f3e2712b4f8c28e3e63e71ba1a1f90fce1ab
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/TCHGRJV5CWTMYEE5B5C2FNMCFVP45S7H/

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