SB2017020932 - Fedora 25 update for zoneminder
Published: February 9, 2017 Updated: April 24, 2025
Breakdown by Severity
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Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Information disclosure (CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5595)
The vulnerability allows a local authenticated user to gain access to sensitive information.
A file disclosure and inclusion vulnerability exists in web/views/file.php in ZoneMinder 1.x through v1.30.0 because of unfiltered user-input being passed to readfile(), which allows an authenticated attacker to read local system files (e.g., /etc/passwd) in the context of the web server user (www-data). The attack vector is a .. (dot dot) in the path parameter within a zm/index.php?view=file&path= request.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.