Path Traversal in Fedoraproject Fedora
CVE-2020-14352
A flaw was found in librepo in versions before 1.12.1. A directory traversal vulnerability was found where it failed to sanitize paths in remote repository metadata. An attacker controlling a remote repository may be able to copy files outside of the destination directory on the targeted system via path traversal. This flaw could potentially result in system compromise via the overwriting of critical system files. The highest threat from this flaw is to users that make use of untrusted third-party repositories.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
Published · last modified .
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 8.0 (High). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.025 (84.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 84th percentile — 84.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.025 · newest: 0.025 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 31, 32, 33
- openSUSE Backports Sle — versions 15.0
- openSUSE Leap — versions 15.2
- Red Hat Librepo
- Librepo — versions librepo versions before 1.12.1
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi (Patch, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-08/msg00072.html (Patch, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-09/msg00055.html (vendor-advisory, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
- lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/… (vendor-advisory)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2020-14352?
- CVE-2020-14352 is a high-severity vulnerability in Fedoraproject Fedora, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 8.0/10. Published 2020-08-30.
- How severe is CVE-2020-14352?
- High severity. CVSS v3 base score is 8.0 out of 10.