SB2023100638 - Fedora 39 update for composer
Published: October 6, 2023
Security Bulletin ID
SB2023100638
Severity
High
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Code execution
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Code Injection (CVE-ID: CVE-2023-43655)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code on the target system.
The vulnerability exists due to improper access restrictions. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted request to the server with published composer.phar and execute arbitrary code on the target system.
Successful exploitation of this vulnerability may result in complete compromise of vulnerable system but requires that "register_argc_argv" option is enabled in php.ini.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.