Path Traversal in Opensuse Leap

CVE-2017-14804

The build package before 20171128 did not check directory names during extraction of build results that allowed untrusted builds to write outside of the target system,allowing escape out of buildroots.

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.017 (75.3th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 9.9 (Critical). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H.

Affected products

Weakness classification (CWE)

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2017-14804?
CVE-2017-14804 is a critical-severity vulnerability in Opensuse Leap, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 9.9/10. Published 2018-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2017-14804?
Critical severity. CVSS v3 base score is 9.9 out of 10.