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CVE-2020-14352 Detail

Description

A flaw was found in librepo in versions before 1.12.1. A directory traversal vulnerability was found where it failed to sanitize paths in remote repository metadata. An attacker controlling a remote repository may be able to copy files outside of the destination directory on the targeted system via path traversal. This flaw could potentially result in system compromise via the overwriting of critical system files. The highest threat from this flaw is to users that make use of untrusted third-party repositories.


Severity

 


CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST CVSS score
NIST: NVD
Base Score:  8.0 HIGH
Vector:  CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H


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Hyperlink Resource
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00072.html Mailing List  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00055.html Mailing List  Third Party Advisory 
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866498 Issue Tracking  Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/33RX4P5R5YL4NZSFSE4NOX37X6YCXAS4/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OOMDEQBRJ7SO2QWL7H23G3VV2VSCUYOY/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XDMHVY7OMIJNSPVZ2GJWHT77Z5V3YJ55/

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') cwe source acceptance level NIST   Contributor acceptance level Red Hat, Inc.  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2020-14352
NVD Published Date:
08/30/2020
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.