SB2019020417 - Path traversal in Helm

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SB2019020417 - Path traversal in Helm

Published: February 4, 2019 Updated: July 17, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2019020417
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Data manipulation

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.


1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2019-1000008)

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate data.

All versions of Helm between Helm >=2.0.0 and < 2.12.2 contains a CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal') vulnerability in The commands `helm fetch --untar` and `helm lint some.tgz` that can result when chart archive files are unpacked a file may be unpacked outside of the target directory. This attack appears to be exploitable via a victim must run a helm command on a specially crafted chart archive. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in 2.12.2.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References