CVE-2023-38633

Public Exploit

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.

Category

5.5
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 3.1 •
EPSS 33.55% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory gnome.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/996 vendor advisory issue tracking exploit
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213502 patch third party advisory issue tracking
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.56.3 release notes
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43 mailing list third party advisory not applicable
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/27/1 mailing list third party advisory exploit
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5BCXT5GW6RCL45ZUHUZR4CJG2BAFDVC/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/422NTIHIEBRASIG2DWXYBH4ADYMHY626/ third party advisory vendor advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5484 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0011/ third party advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/06/10 mailing list
https://www.canva.dev/blog/engineering/when-url-parsers-disagree-cve-2023-38633/ third party advisory exploit technical description
https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37415799 third party advisory issue tracking

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-38633?
CVE-2023-38633 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2023-38633?
To fix CVE-2023-38633, 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-2023-38633 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2023-38633 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~34% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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