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Red Hat: CVE-2023-38633: Arbitrary file read when xinclude href has special characters (Multiple Advisories)

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Red Hat: CVE-2023-38633: Arbitrary file read when xinclude href has special characters (Multiple Advisories)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
07/22/2023
Created
08/30/2023
Added
08/30/2023
Modified
12/15/2023

Description

A directory traversal problem in the URL decoder of librsvg before 2.56.3 could be used by local or remote attackers to disclose files (on the local filesystem outside of the expected area), as demonstrated by href=".?../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd" in an xi:include element.

Solution(s)

  • redhat-upgrade-librsvg2
  • redhat-upgrade-librsvg2-debuginfo
  • redhat-upgrade-librsvg2-debugsource
  • redhat-upgrade-librsvg2-devel
  • redhat-upgrade-librsvg2-tools
  • redhat-upgrade-librsvg2-tools-debuginfo

References

  • DSA-5484
  • CVE-2023-38633
  • RHSA-2023:4809
  • RHSA-2023:5081

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