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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-27534: Path Traversal

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Alpine Linux: CVE-2023-27534: Path Traversal

Severity
9
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C)
Published
03/30/2023
Created
04/09/2024
Added
03/26/2024
Modified
04/09/2024

Description

A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde (~) character to be wrongly replaced when used as a prefix in the first path element, in addition to its intended use as the first element to indicate a path relative to the user's home directory. Attackers can exploit this flaw to bypass filtering or execute arbitrary code by crafting a path like /~2/foo while accessing a server with a specific user.

Solution(s)

  • alpine-linux-upgrade-curl

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