Path traversal in bower - CVE-2019-5484
Published: September 27, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU81217
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:H/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-5484
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: bower
Affected software:
bower
bower
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. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.
How to mitigate CVE-2019-5484
Install updates from vendor's website.
Sources
- https://github.com/bower/bower/commit/45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3
- https://hackerone.com/reports/473811
- https://snyk.io/blog/severe-security-vulnerability-in-bowers-zip-archive-extraction
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r8ba4c628fba7181af58817d452119481adce4ba92e889c643e4c7dd3@%3Ccommits.netbeans.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb5ac16fad337d1f3bb7079549f97d8166d0ef3082629417c39f12d63@%3Cnotifications.netbeans.apache.org%3E