Path traversal in engrampa - CVE-2023-52138

Vulnerability identifier: #VU86234

CSH Severity: High

CVSS v4: 9.3 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2023-52138

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to compromise the affected system.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when handling cpio archives. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted cpio archive to the application and overwrite arbitrary files on the system, resulting in remote code execution.

engrampa
Debian Linux
Fedora
openEuler
engrampa (Debian package)
engrampa
engrampa-debugsource
engrampa-debuginfo

Install update from vendor's website.

engrampa - update to 1.26.2
engrampa (Debian package) - addressed in versions 1.24.1-1+deb11u1, 1.26.0-1+deb12u2
engrampa - update to 1.24.1-4
engrampa-debugsource - update to 1.24.1-4
engrampa-debuginfo - update to 1.24.1-4
engrampa - addressed in versions 1.26.2-1.el8, 1.26.2-1.el9, 1.26.2-1.fc38, 1.26.2-1.fc39

• https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/security/advisories/GHSA-c98h-v39w-3r7v
• https://github.com/mate-desktop/engrampa/commit/63d5dfa9005c6b16d0f0ccd888cc859fca78f970

• Remote code execution in Engrampa
• Fedora EPEL 9 update for engrampa
• Fedora EPEL 8 update for engrampa
• Fedora 38 update for engrampa
• Fedora 39 update for engrampa
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP2 update for engrampa
• openEuler 22.03 LTS SP3 update for engrampa
• Debian update for engrampa