CVE-2020-14352
moderate-risk
Published 2020-08-30
A flaw was found in librepo in versions before 1.12.1. A directory traversal vulnerability was found where it failed to sanitize paths in remote repository metadata. An attacker controlling a remote repository may be able to copy files outside of the destination directory on the targeted system via path traversal. This flaw could potentially result in system compromise via the overwriting of critical system files. The highest threat from this flaw is to users that make use of untrusted third-party repositories.
Do I need to act?
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4.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
8
CVSS 8.0/10
High
NETWORK
/ LOW complexity
Affected Products (6)
Affected Vendors
References (12)
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866498
Issue Tracking
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1866498
48
/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity
28/34 · Critical
Exploitability
7/34 · Low
Exposure
13/34 · Low