SB2024030658 - Fedora 40 update for diffoscope
Published: March 6, 2024
Security Bulletin ID
SB2024030658
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2024-25711)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to insufficient sanitization of user-supplied passed via an embedded filename in a GPG file. A remote attacker can pass a specially crafted filename containing directory traversal sequences and read contents of arbitrary files on the system.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.