SB2022091455 - Multiple vulnerabilities in Freecad
Published: September 14, 2022
Breakdown by Severity
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- Medium
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- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 2 secuirty vulnerabilities.
1) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45845)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the Path Sanity Check script when processing FCStd documents. A remote attacker can pass specially crafted FCStd document to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
2) OS Command Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2021-45844)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary shell commands on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper input validation within the ODA File Converter when processing file names. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file to the application and execute arbitrary OS commands on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.
References
- https://tracker.freecad.org/view.php?id=4810
- https://github.com/FreeCAD/FreeCAD/pull/5306
- https://tracker.freecad.org/view.php?id=4809
- https://forum.freecadweb.org/viewtopic.php?t=64733
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/03/msg00004.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2022/08/msg00008.html