#VU42010 Input validation error in catfish - CVE-2014-2095
Published: February 26, 2014 / Updated: August 10, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU42010
Vulnerability risk: Medium
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:L/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-2095
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
catfish
catfish
Software vendor:
xfce-mirror
xfce-mirror
Description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to read and manipulate data.
Untrusted search path vulnerability in Catfish 0.6.0 through 1.0.0, when a Fedora package such as 0.8.2-1 is not used, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse bin/catfish.pyc under the current working directory. Per: http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/426.html "CWE-426: Untrusted Search Path"
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.