CVE-2022-44544

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Summary

CVECVE-2022-44544
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-11-06 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2022-11-10 06:45:00 UTC
DescriptionMahara 21.04 before 21.04.7, 21.10 before 21.10.5, 22.04 before 22.04.3, and 22.10 before 22.10.0 potentially allow a PDF export to trigger a remote shell if the site is running on Ubuntu and the flag -dSAFER is not set with Ghostscript.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Canonical Ubuntu Linux 18.04 All All All
Application Mahara Mahara All All All All
Application Mahara Mahara 22.10.0 rc1 All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Bug #1979575 “Vulnerable PDF can trigger remote shell with PDF e...” : Bugs : Mahara MISC bugs.launchpad.net
Security Announcements - Incorrect access control in Mahara before 21.04.7, 21.10.5, 22.04.3, and 22.10.0 - Mahara ePortfolio System MISC mahara.org
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