CVE-2015-5070

low-risk

Published 2017-09-26

The (1) filesystem::get_wml_location function in filesystem.cpp and (2) is_legal_file function in filesystem_boost.cpp in Battle for Wesnoth before 1.12.4 and 1.13.x before 1.13.1, when a case-insensitive filesystem is used, allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to inclusion of .pbl files from WML. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-5069.

Do I need to act?

0.67% chance of exploitation

EPSS score — low exploit probability

Not on CISA KEV list

No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA

Patch status unknown

Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance

CVSS 3.1/10 Low

NETWORK / HIGH complexity

Affected Products (4)

Battle For Wesnoth

Fedora

Affected Vendors

Wesnoth Fedoraproject

References (18)

Third Party Advisory http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161722.html

Third Party Advisory http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2015-July/161752.html

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/06/25/12

Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75425

Issue Tracking https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1236010

Patch https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/commit/b2738ffb2fdd2550ececb74f76f75583c43c8b...

Release Notes https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/releases/tag/1.12.4

Release Notes https://github.com/wesnoth/wesnoth/releases/tag/1.13.1

Broken Link https://gna.org/bugs/?23504