CVE-2013-1429: Canonical Ubuntu Linux

Medium severity, CVSS 6.3. EPSS: 1.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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

Affected products

• Canonical Ubuntu Linux: version 12.04 only
• Debian Debian Linux: version 8.0 only; version 9.0 only; version 10.0 only
• Debian Lintian: before 2.5.10.5 (fixed in 2.5.10.5); version 2.5.11 only

Published 2019-11-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.