VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2023-38633
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…
MEDIUM 5.5EPSS 2.33%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.33%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
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.
- CVSS 3.1
- 5.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 2.33% probability · 83th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-22
- Affected
- gnome/librsvg · fedoraproject/fedora · debian/debian linux
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43Mailing List, Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/27/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/06/10Mailing List
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213502Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/996Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.56.3Release Notes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/422NTIHIEBRASIG2DWXYBH4ADYMHY626/Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5BCXT5GW6RCL45ZUHUZR4CJG2BAFDVC/Third Party Advisory
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37415799Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0011/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.canva.dev/blog/engineering/when-url-parsers-disagree-cve-2023-38633/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5484Third Party Advisory
- http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43Mailing List, Not Applicable, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/27/1Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/06/10Mailing List
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213502Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/996Exploit, Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.56.3Release Notes
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/422NTIHIEBRASIG2DWXYBH4ADYMHY626/Third Party Advisory
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5BCXT5GW6RCL45ZUHUZR4CJG2BAFDVC/Third Party Advisory
- https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37415799Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
- https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0011/Third Party Advisory
- https://www.canva.dev/blog/engineering/when-url-parsers-disagree-cve-2023-38633/Exploit, Technical Description, Third Party Advisory
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5484Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.