CVE-2019-14751

Summary

CVECVE-2019-14751
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-08-22 16:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-11-07 03:05:00 UTC
DescriptionNLTK Downloader before 3.4.5 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an NLTK package (ZIP archive) that is mishandled during extraction.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Nltk Nltk All All All All
Application Nltk Nltk All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python-nltk-3.4.5-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2019-14751: · nltk/nltk@f59d7ed · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
[SECURITY] Fedora 32 Update: python-nltk-3.4.5-2.fc32 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
nltk/ChangeLog at 3.4.5 · nltk/nltk · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Release Notes
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0436-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python-nltk-3.4.5-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 31 Update: python-nltk-3.4.5-2.fc31 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
[security-announce] openSUSE-SU-2020:0440-1: moderate: Security update f SUSE lists.opensuse.org
Zip Slip in NLTK (CVE-2019-14751) – Mike Salvatore's Blog MISC salvatoresecurity.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
GitHub - mssalvatore/CVE-2019-14751_PoC: A Proof of Concept for CVE-2019-14751 MISC github.com Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 981665 Python (pip) Security Update for nltk (GHSA-mr7p-25v2-35wr)
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