Incorrect detection of reserved device names on Windows in path/filepath
CVE-2023-45284

5.3MEDIUM

Key Information:

Vendor

Go Standard Library

Status
Path/filepath
Vendor
CVE Published:
9 November 2023

What is CVE-2023-45284?

On Windows, The IsLocal function does not correctly detect reserved device names in some cases. Reserved names followed by spaces, such as "COM1 ", and reserved names "COM" and "LPT" followed by superscript 1, 2, or 3, are incorrectly reported as local. With fix, IsLocal now correctly reports these names as non-local.

Affected Version(s)

path/filepath 0 < 1.20.11

path/filepath 1.21.0-0 < 1.21.4

References

https://go.dev/issue/63713
https://go.dev/cl/540277
https://groups.google.com/g/golang-announce/c/4tU8LZfBFkY

CVSS V3.1

Score:
5.3
Severity:
MEDIUM
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
Low
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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