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Directory Traversal Affecting plexus-archiver-javadoc package, versions <0:2.4.2-5.amzn2

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
11.58% (96th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-PLEXUSARCHIVERJAVADOC-1663288
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed25 Jul 2018
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Introduced: 25 Jul 2018

CVE-2018-1002200  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 plexus-archiver-javadoc to version 0:2.4.2-5.amzn2 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1043.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream plexus-archiver-javadoc package and not the plexus-archiver-javadoc package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

plexus-archiver before 3.6.0 is vulnerable to directory traversal, allowing attackers to write to arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an archive entry that is mishandled during extraction. This vulnerability is also known as 'Zip-Slip'.