CVE-2023-38346

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Summary

CVECVE-2023-38346
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-09-22 19:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-09-26 14:58:00 UTC
DescriptionAn issue was discovered in Wind River VxWorks 6.9 and 7. The function ``tarExtract`` implements TAR file extraction and thereby also processes files within an archive that have relative or absolute file paths. A developer using the "tarExtract" function may expect that the function will strip leading slashes from absolute paths or stop processing when encountering relative paths that are outside of the extraction path, unless otherwise forced. This could lead to unexpected and undocumented behavior, which in general could result in a directory traversal, and associated unexpected behavior.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Windriver Vxworks 6.9 All All All
Operating System Windriver Vxworks 7.0 - All All

References

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CVE-2023-38346 MISC support2.windriver.com
Safety and Security Notices - Wind River Support Network MISC support2.windriver.com
Wind River VxWorks tarExtract directory traversal vulnerability (CVE-2023-38346) | Pentagrid AG MISC www.pentagrid.ch
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