Fedora 41 update for diffoscope



Risk Medium
Patch available YES
Number of vulnerabilities 1
CVE-ID CVE-2024-25711
CWE-ID CWE-22
Exploitation vector Network
Public exploit N/A
Vulnerable software
 Fedora
Operating systems & Components / Operating system

diffoscope
Operating systems & Components / Operating system package or component

Vendor Fedoraproject

Security Bulletin

This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU87168

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 2.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25711

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 insufficient sanitization of user-supplied passed via an embedded filename in a GPG file. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted filename containing directory traversal sequences and read contents of arbitrary files on the system.

Mitigation

Install updates from vendor's repository.

Vulnerable software versions

Fedora: 41

diffoscope: before 257-1.fc41

CPE2.3 External links

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2024-b5bcfc7475


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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