Information disclosure in aria2 - CVE-2019-3500
Published: January 14, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU16963
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4: 4.8 [CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-3500
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a local attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability exists due to aria2c can store an HTTP Basic Authentication username and password in a file when --log is used. A local attacker can obtain sensitive information by reading this file.
Affected software
aria2
aria2 (Ubuntu package)
aria2 (Alpine package)
aria2
Fedora
Opensuse
aria2 (Ubuntu package)
aria2 (Alpine package)
aria2
Fedora
Opensuse
How to mitigate CVE-2019-3500
Install updates from vendor's website.
aria2 (Ubuntu package) - addressed in versions 1.34.0-2ubuntu0.1, 1.34.0-3ubuntu0.1
aria2 (Alpine package) - update to 1.33.1-r1
aria2 - addressed in versions 1.34.0-4.el7, 1.34.0-4.fc28, 1.34.0-4.fc29, 1.34.0-4.fc30
aria2 (Alpine package) - update to 1.33.1-r1
aria2 - addressed in versions 1.34.0-4.el7, 1.34.0-4.fc28, 1.34.0-4.fc29, 1.34.0-4.fc30