CVE-2023-38633

Summary

CVECVE-2023-38633
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2023-07-22 17:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-01-24 16:41:00 UTC
DescriptionA directory traversal problem in the URL decoder of librsvg before 2.56.3 could be used by local or remote attackers to disclose files (on the local filesystem outside of the expected area), as demonstrated by href=".?../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd" in an xi:include element.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-22

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 11.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 12.0 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 37 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 38 All All All
Application Gnome Librsvg All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: librsvg2-2.54.6-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2023-38633: Arbitrary file read when xinclude href has special characters (#996) · Issues · GNOME / librsvg · GitLab MISC gitlab.gnome.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-5484-1 librsvg DEBIAN www.debian.org
1213502 – (CVE-2023-38633) VUL-0: CVE-2023-38633: librsvg: directory traversal in URI decoder MISC bugzilla.suse.com
oss-security - CVE-2023-38633 in librsvg: Arbitrary file read when xinclude href has special characters MLIST www.openwall.com
When URL parsers disagree (CVE-2023-38633, librsvg) | Hacker News MISC news.ycombinator.com
SecLists.Org Security Mailing List Archive FULLDISC seclists.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 37 Update: librsvg2-2.54.6-1.fc37 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE-2023-38633 GNOME Librsvg Vulnerability in NetApp Products | NetApp Product Security CONFIRM security.netapp.com
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: librsvg2-2.56.3-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
oss-security - Re: CVE-2023-38633 in librsvg: Arbitrary file read when xinclude href has special characters MLIST www.openwall.com
When URL parsers disagree (CVE-2023-38633) - Canva Engineering Blog MISC www.canva.dev
2.56.3 - stable · GNOME / librsvg · GitLab CONFIRM gitlab.gnome.org
[SECURITY] Fedora 38 Update: librsvg2-2.56.3-1.fc38 - package-announce - Fedora Mailing-Lists lists.fedoraproject.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 199630 Ubuntu Security Notification for librsvg Vulnerability (USN-6266-1)
  • 284363 Fedora Security Update for librsvg2 (FEDORA-2023-fc79ee273d)
  • 284414 Fedora Security Update for librsvg2 (FEDORA-2023-0873c38acd)
  • 296105 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 63.157.1 Missing (CPUOCT2023)
  • 503197 Alpine Linux Security Update for librsvg
  • 506110 Alpine Linux Security Update for librsvg
  • 6000235 Debian Security Update for librsvg (DSA 5484-1)
  • 673392 EulerOS Security Update for librsvg2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-3012)
  • 673885 EulerOS Security Update for librsvg2 (EulerOS-SA-2023-3035)
  • 754252 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for librsvg (SUSE-SU-2023:3208-1)
  • 941248 AlmaLinux Security Update for librsvg2 (ALSA-2023:5081)
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