Fedora 38 update for syncthing



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2022-46165
CWE-ID CWE-79
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

syncthing
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Stored cross-site scripting

EUVDB-ID: #VU79775

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 1.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:L/SI:L/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-46165

CWE-ID: CWE-79 - Improper Neutralization of Input During Web Page Generation ('Cross-site Scripting')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site scripting (XSS) attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied data when handling filenames in webUI. A remote attacker can trick the victim to synchronize a malicious folder and execute arbitrary HTML and script code in user's browser in context of vulnerable website.


Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 38

syncthing: before 1.23.5-1.fc38

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2023-39eb10ec3c


Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.



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