CVE-2020-14352

Published Aug 30, 2020

Last updated a year ago

Overview

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.
Source
secalert@redhat.com
NVD status
Modified

Risk scores

CVSS 3.1

Type
Primary
Base score
8
Impact score
5.9
Exploitability score
2.1
Vector string
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Severity
HIGH

CVSS 2.0

Type
Primary
Base score
8.5
Impact score
10
Exploitability score
6.8
Vector string
AV:N/AC:M/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov
CWE-22
secalert@redhat.com
CWE-22

Social media

Hype score
Not currently trending

Configurations