Path traversal in awful-salmonella-tar - CVE-2022-25358

 

Path traversal in awful-salmonella-tar - CVE-2022-25358

Published: February 22, 2022


Vulnerability identifier: #VU60758
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2022-25358
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Mario Domenech Goulart
Affected software:
awful-salmonella-tar

Detailed vulnerability description

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 path handler. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.


How to mitigate CVE-2022-25358

Install update from vendor's website.

Sources