SB2024121265 - Path traversal in SmartFile python-libarchive

Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.

1) External Control of File Name or Path (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-55587)

CWE-ID: CWE-73 - External Control of File Name or Path

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to overwrite files on the system.

The vulnerability exists due to application does not properly validate filenames when extracting files within the extract() and extractall() methods in zip.py. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted archive to the application and write file to arbitrary directories on the system using directory traversal characters. 

Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

References

• https://github.com/smartfile/python-libarchive/blob/c7677411bfc4ab5701d343bc6ebd9e35c990e80e/libarchive/zip.py#L107
• https://github.com/smartfile/python-libarchive/issues/42
• https://github.com/smartfile/python-libarchive/pull/41