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WS-2018-0601
June 15, 2018
The example Expander class in Apache Commons Compress 1.17 has been vulnerable to a path traversal in the edge case that happens when the target directory has a sibling directory and the name of the target directory is a prefix of the sibling directory's name.
Affected Packages
existdb (CONDA):
Affected version(s) >=4.3.1 <=4.7.1
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version no_fix
org.apache.commons:commons-compress (JAVA):
Affected version(s) =1.17 <1.18
Fix Suggestion:
Update to version 1.18
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CVSS v4
Base Score:
6.8
Attack Vector
LOCAL
Attack Complexity
LOW
Attack Requirements
NONE
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
PASSIVE
Vulnerable System Confidentiality
NONE
Vulnerable System Integrity
HIGH
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
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality
NONE
Integrity
HIGH
Availability
NONE
Weakness Type (CWE)
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')