CVE-2019-9686

pacman before 5.1.3 allows directory traversal when installing a remote package via a specified URL "pacman -U <url>" due to an unsanitized file name received from a Content-Disposition header. pacman renames the downloaded package file to match the name given in this header. However, pacman did not sanitize this name, which may contain slashes, before calling rename(). A malicious server (or a network MitM if downloading over HTTP) can send a Content-Disposition header to make pacman place the file anywhere in the filesystem, potentially leading to arbitrary root code execution. Notably, this bypasses pacman's package signature checking. This occurs in curl_download_internal in lib/libalpm/dload.c.
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

cpe:2.3:a:pacman_project:pacman:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

History

21 Nov 2024, 04:52

Type Values Removed Values Added
References () https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/commit/?h=release/5.1.x&id=1bf767234363f7ad5933af3f7ce267c123017bde - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory () https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/commit/?h=release/5.1.x&id=1bf767234363f7ad5933af3f7ce267c123017bde - Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
References () https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/commit/?id=9702703633bec2c007730006de2aeec8587dfc84 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/commit/?id=9702703633bec2c007730006de2aeec8587dfc84 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory
References () https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/commit/?id=d197d8ab82cf10650487518fb968067897a12775 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory () https://git.archlinux.org/pacman.git/commit/?id=d197d8ab82cf10650487518fb968067897a12775 - Mailing List, Patch, Third Party Advisory

Information

Published : 2019-03-11 16:29

Updated : 2024-11-21 04:52


NVD link : CVE-2019-9686

Mitre link : CVE-2019-9686

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2019-9686


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Products Affected

pacman_project

  • pacman
CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')