Path traversal in Pulp - CVE-2018-10917
Published: August 15, 2018 / Updated: August 8, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU36778
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-10917
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Pulp
Affected software:
Pulp
Pulp
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote authenticated user to manipulate data.
pulp 2.16.x and possibly older is vulnerable to an improper path parsing. A malicious user or a malicious iso feed repository can write to locations accessible to the 'apache' user. This may lead to overwrite of published content on other iso repositories.
How to mitigate CVE-2018-10917
Install update from vendor's website.