CVE-2019-16511

Description

An issue was discovered in DTF in FireGiant WiX Toolset before 3.11.2. Microsoft.Deployment.Compression.Cab.dll and Microsoft.Deployment.Compression.Zip.dll allow directory traversal during CAB or ZIP archive extraction, because the full name of an archive file (even with a ../ sequence) is concatenated with the destination path.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 4.45% Top 15%
Vendor Advisory firegiant.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://github.com/wixtoolset/issues/issues/6075 third party advisory patch
https://wixtoolset.org/development/wips/6075-dtf-zip-slip/ third party advisory
https://www.firegiant.com/blog/2019/9/18/wix-v3.11.2-released/ patch vendor advisory
https://github.com/GitHubAssessments/CVE_Assessments_09_2019

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2019-16511?
CVE-2019-16511 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2019-16511?
To fix CVE-2019-16511, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2019-16511 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2019-16511 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~4% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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