Link Following Affecting pithos package, versions <0.3.5-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-PITHOS-267198
  • published27 Jun 2018
  • disclosed13 Nov 2019

Introduced: 27 Jun 2018

CVE-2010-4817  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-59  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 pithos to version 0.3.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream pithos package and not the pithos package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

pithos before 0.3.5 allows overwrite of arbitrary files via symlinks.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1