XPath Injection Affecting netcf package, versions <0:0.2.8-1.el7


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.86% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL7-NETCF-1437614
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed30 Mar 2015

Introduced: 30 Mar 2015

CVE-2014-8119  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-643  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-476  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:7 netcf to version 0:0.2.8-1.el7 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2015:2248.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream netcf package and not the netcf package as distributed by RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:7 relevant fixed versions and status.

The find_ifcfg_path function in netcf before 0.2.7 might allow attackers to cause a denial of service (application crash) via vectors involving augeas path expressions.

CVSS Scores

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