Path traversal in gcab and Opensuse - CVE-2015-0552
Published: January 15, 2015 / Updated: July 5, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40949
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 5.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0552
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the gcab_folder_extract function in libgcab/gcab-folder.c in gcab 0.4. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to write to arbitrary files via crafted path in a CAB file, as demonstrated by " mpmoo.
Affected software
gcab
Opensuse
Fedora
gcab
Opensuse
Fedora
gcab
How to mitigate CVE-2015-0552
Install update from vendor's website.
gcab - update to 0.4-7.fc21