CVE-2017-5188

Summary

CVECVE-2017-5188
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2018-03-01 20:29:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 02:49:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200 | CWE-59

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Opensuse Open Build Service All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
CVE-2017-5188 | SUSE CONFIRM www.suse.com Vendor Advisory
Bug 1029824 – VUL-0: CVE-2017-5188: open-build-service: worker VM escape via relative symbolic links bugzilla.suse.com
[backend] only allow plain files in cpio_sender · openSUSE/open-build-service@ba27c91 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Vendor Comments And Credit

Discovery Credit

LEGACY: Fabian Vogt of SUSE

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