Directory Traversal Affecting sigil package, versions <0.9.16+dfsg-1
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-SIGIL-1559921
- published1 Aug 2019
- disclosed31 Jul 2019
Introduced: 31 Jul 2019
CVE-2019-14452 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:12 sigil to version 0.9.16+dfsg-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream sigil package and not the sigil package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.
Sigil before 0.9.16 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in a ZIP archive entry that is mishandled during extraction.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2019-14452
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/04e2f280cc4a0766bedcc7b9eb56449ceecc2ad4
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/0979ba8d10c96ebca330715bfd4494ea0e019a8f
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/commit/369eebe936e4a8c83cc54662a3412ce8bef189e4
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/compare/ea7f27d...5b867e5
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505967936
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/flightcrew/issues/52#issuecomment-505997355
- https://github.com/Sigil-Ebook/Sigil/releases/tag/0.9.16
- https://salvatoresecurity.com/zip-slip-in-sigil-cve-2019-14452/
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2019-14452
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/4085-1/