diffoscope writes to arbitrary locations on disk based on the contents of an untrusted archive

CVE-2017-0359

9.8CRITICAL

Key Information

Vendor
Debian
Status
Diffoscope
Vendor
CVE Published:
13 April 2018

Summary

diffoscope before 77 writes to arbitrary locations on disk based on the contents of an untrusted archive.

Affected Version(s)

diffoscope = before 77

References

https://bugs.debian.org/854723
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https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-0359
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
9.8
Severity:
CRITICAL
Confidentiality:
High
Integrity:
High
Availability:
High
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

Collectors

NVD DatabaseMitre Database
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