SB2018070207 - Security restrictions bypass in Apache Storm
Published: July 2, 2018
Security Bulletin ID
SB2018070207
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Data manipulation
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2018-8008)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to bypass security restrictions on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to path traversal when handling malicious input. A remote attacker can use a specially crafted zip archive (affects other archives as well, bzip2, tar, xz, war, cpio, 7z) that holds path traversal filenames, conduct directory traversal attack and write arbitrary files in the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.