9.8crit

CVE-2017-0359

diffoscope writes to arbitrary locations on disk based on the contents of an untrusted archive

Also known as GHSA-8p5c-f328-9fvv, PYSEC-2018-83

Published 8 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
9.8
v3.1 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
2.2%
percentile 83%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

diffoscope before 77 writes to arbitrary locations on disk based on the contents of an untrusted archive.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

2.25% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 83% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.19.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVD2.010.0AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
GitHub3.19.8CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixed in
pypidiffoscope
<76
<77
76
77

Affected products

  • Debian diffoscope

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-22 Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory

References

  • bugs.debian.org /854723 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • security-tracker.debian.org /tracker/CVE-2017-0359 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • nvd.nist.gov /vuln/detail/CVE-2017-0359 · advisory
  • github.com /anthraxx/diffoscope/commit/632a40828a54b399787c25e7fa243f732aef7e05 · web
  • github.com /anthraxx/diffoscope/commit/f379d1f611dbd5d361e12b732e07c8aee45ff226 · web
  • bugs.debian.org /cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=854723 · web
  • github.com /advisories/GHSA-8p5c-f328-9fvv · advisory
  • github.com /anthraxx/diffoscope · package
  • github.com /pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/diffoscope/PYSEC-2018-83.yaml · web

Sources

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