SB2025012704 - Fedora 42 update for helix, rust-cargo, rust-cargo-deny, rust-cargo-lock, rust-cargo_metadata, rust-cargo_metadata0.18, rust-dua-cli, rust-gengo, rust-gix, rust-gix-actor, rust-gix-archive, rust-gix-attributes, rust-gix-bitmap, rust-gix-chunk, rust-gix-co



SB2025012704 - Fedora 42 update for helix, rust-cargo, rust-cargo-deny, rust-cargo-lock, rust-cargo_metadata, rust-cargo_metadata0.18, rust-dua-cli, rust-gengo, rust-gix, rust-gix-actor, rust-gix-archive, rust-gix-attributes, rust-gix-bitmap, rust-gix-chunk, rust-gix-co

Published: January 27, 2025

Security Bulletin ID SB2025012704
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities 2
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Code execution

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 2 vulnerabilities.


1) Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF) (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-39338)

CWE-ID: CWE-918 - Server-Side Request Forgery (SSRF)

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


The disclosed vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform SSRF attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of user-supplied input. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and trick the application to initiate requests to arbitrary systems.

Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may allow a remote attacker gain access to sensitive data, located in the local network or send malicious requests to other servers from the vulnerable system.


2) Security features bypass (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-56201)

CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features

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


The vulnerability allows a local user to bypass sandbox restrictions.

The vulnerability exists due to improper validation of user-supplied input.  A local user with the ability to control both the filename and the contents of a template can bypass sandbox restrictions.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.