Path Traversal in Pesign Project
CVE-2022-3560
A flaw was found in pesign. The pesign package provides a systemd service used to start the pesign daemon. This service unit runs a script to set ACLs for /etc/pki/pesign and /run/pesign directories to grant access privileges to users in the 'pesign' group. However, the script doesn't check for symbolic links. This could allow an attacker to gain access to privileged files and directories via a path traversal attack.
Vulnerability class: Path Traversal (Directory Traversal)
EPSS: 0.002 (15.9th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
CVSS v3 metric
CVSS v3 base score 5.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N.
Affected products
- Pesign_project Pesign
- Fedoraproject Fedora — versions 36, 37
- Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 7.0, 8.0, 9.0
- N/a Pesign — versions All versions up to pesign-115
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- secalert@redhat.com (Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2022-3560?
- CVE-2022-3560 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Pesign Project, classified under Path Traversal. CVSS score: 5.5/10. Published 2023-02-02.
- How severe is CVE-2022-3560?
- Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 5.5 out of 10.