Amazon Linux AMI update for apache-ivy

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU75501

Risk: Medium

CVSSv3.1: 5.7 [CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-37866

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: No

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can trick the victim into downloading a specially crafted artifact and write files to an arbitrary location on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

noarch:
    apache-ivy-2.2.0-5.3.amzn1.noarch
    apache-ivy-javadoc-2.2.0-5.3.amzn1.noarch

src:
    apache-ivy-2.2.0-5.3.amzn1.src

Vulnerable software versions

Amazon Linux AMI: All versions

apache-ivy: before 2.2.0-5.3

External links

http://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2024-1910.html

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.