What is CVE-2020-9479?

CVE-2020-9479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Asterixdb, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-03-01.

How severe is CVE-2020-9479?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.

Path Traversal in Apache Asterixdb

CVE-2020-9479

When loading a UDF, a specially crafted zip file could allow files to be placed outside of the UDF deployment directory. This issue affected Apache AsterixDB unreleased builds between commits 580b81aa5e8888b8e1b0620521a1c9680e54df73 and 28c0ee84f1387ab5d0659e9e822f4e3923ddc22d. Note: this CVE may be REJECTed as the issue did not affect any released versions of Apache AsterixDB

Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)

EPSS: 0.020 (78.4th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N.

Affected products

Apache Asterixdb
Apache Software Foundation Asterixdb — versions Apache AsterixDB git

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-22 — Path Traversal

References

security@apache.org (Mailing List, Third Party Advisory, x_refsource_MISC)
security@apache.org (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2020-9479?: CVE-2020-9479 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Apache Asterixdb, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2021-03-01.
How severe is CVE-2020-9479?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.