Path traversal in yum-utils - CVE-2018-10897
Published: August 6, 2018 / Updated: August 7, 2018
Vulnerability identifier: #VU14218
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10897
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: YumUtils
Affected software:
yum-utils
yum-utils
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain elevated privileges on the target system.
The vulnerability exists in reposync, a part of yum-utils due to insufficient sanitization of paths in remote repository configuration files. A remote unauthenticated attacker can conduct directory traversal attack, copy files outside of the destination directory and gain elevated privileges to conduct further attacks.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10897
Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any solutions addressing the vulnerability.