Directory Traversal Affecting nltk package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.67% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN8-NLTK-460018
  • published20 Aug 2019
  • disclosed22 Aug 2019

Introduced: 20 Aug 2019

CVE-2019-14751  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Debian:8 nltk.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream nltk package and not the nltk package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

NLTK Downloader before 3.4.5 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an NLTK package (ZIP archive) that is mishandled during extraction.