VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2017-5188
The bs_worker code in open build service before 20170320 followed relative symlinks, allowing reading of files outside of the package source directory during build, allowing leakage of private information.
HIGH 7.5EPSS 1.15%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (1.15%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
The bs_worker code in open build service before 20170320 followed relative symlinks, allowing reading of files outside of the package source directory during build, allowing leakage of private information.
- CVSS 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.15% probability · 65th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59, CWE-200
- Affected
- opensuse/open build service
- Source
- security@opentext.com
References
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029824
- https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/commit/ba27c91351878bc297ec4baba0bd488a2f3b568d
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-5188/
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029824
- https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/commit/ba27c91351878bc297ec4baba0bd488a2f3b568d
- https://www.suse.com/de-de/security/cve/CVE-2017-5188/
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.