Resource Injection Affecting org.opencastproject:base package, versions [8.0,8.1)[,7.6)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of Concept
EPSS
0.33% (55th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-JAVA-ORGOPENCASTPROJECT-543832
  • published31 Jan 2020
  • disclosed30 Jan 2020
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 30 Jan 2020

CVE-2020-5230  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-99  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade org.opencastproject:base to version 8.1, 7.6 or higher.

Overview

org.opencastproject:base is a free and open source solution for automated video capture and distribution at scale.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Resource Injection. Opencast allows almost arbitrary identifiers for media packages and elements to be used. This can be problematic for operation and security since such identifiers are sometimes used for file system operations which may lead to an attacker being able to escape working directories and write files to other locations.

In addition, Opencast's Id.toString() vs Id.compact() behavior, the latter trying to mitigate some of the file system problems, can cause errors due to identifier mismatch since an identifier may unintentionally change.

CVSS Base Scores

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