CVE-2013-2142 Information

Description

userpref.c in libimobiledevice 1.1.4 when $HOME and $XDG_CONFIG_HOME are not set allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files via a symlink attack on (1) HostCertificate.pem (2) HostPrivateKey.pem (3) libimobiledevicerc (4) RootCertificate.pem or (5) RootPrivateKey.pem in /tmp/root/.config/libimobiledevice/.

Reference

http://libiphone.lighthouseapp.com/projects/27916-libiphone/tickets/331-insecure-tmp-directory-use http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2013/06/04/11 http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1927-1 https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/2Bsource/libimobiledevice/2Bbug/1164263