Amazon Linux AMI update for perl-Image-ExifTool

1) Path traversal

EUVDB-ID: #VU60721

Risk: Medium

CVSSv4.0: 7.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:P/U:Green]

CVE-ID: CVE-2022-23935

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Exploit availability: Yes

Description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences within the file names within lib/Image/ExifTool.pm. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted file name to the application and read arbitrary files on the system.

Mitigation

Update the affected packages:

noarch:
    perl-Image-ExifTool-12.38-1.3.amzn1.noarch

src:
    perl-Image-ExifTool-12.38-1.3.amzn1.src

Vulnerable software versions

ExifTool: 12.00 - 12.37

CPE2.3

• cpe:2.3:a:exiftool:exiftool:12.00:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:exiftool:exiftool:12.01:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
• cpe:2.3:a:exiftool:exiftool:12.02:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

External links

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2022-1566.html

Q & A

Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?

Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.

Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?

No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.