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CVE-2023-38633
July 22, 2023
A directory traversal problem in the URL decoder of librsvg before 2.56.3 could be used by local or remote attackers to disclose files (on the local filesystem outside of the expected area), as demonstrated by href=".?../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd" in an xi:include element.
Related Resources (15)
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213502
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/422NTIHIEBRASIG2DWXYBH4ADYMHY626/
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.56.3
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37415799
https://www.canva.dev/blog/engineering/when-url-parsers-disagree-cve-2023-38633/
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2023-38633
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5484
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/422NTIHIEBRASIG2DWXYBH4ADYMHY626/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5BCXT5GW6RCL45ZUHUZR4CJG2BAFDVC/
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5BCXT5GW6RCL45ZUHUZR4CJG2BAFDVC/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/06/10
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/27/1
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0011/
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/996
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
HIGH
Vulnerable System Integrity
NONE
Vulnerable System Availability
NONE
Subsequent System Confidentiality
NONE
Subsequent System Integrity
NONE
Subsequent System Availability
NONE
CVSS v3
Base Score:
5.5
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
LOW
User Interaction
NONE
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
HIGH
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
CWE-22
EPSS
Base Score:
43.61