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    CVE-2023-38633

    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.

    Published:Jul 22, 2023
    Last Modified:Nov 21, 2024
    EPS:Jul 22, 2023
    EPSS Score:0.43614
    CVSS Score:5.5

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Debian
    Product
    Debian Linux
    Vendor
    Fedoraproject
    Product
    Fedora
    Vendor
    Gnome
    Product
    Librsvg
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Enterprise Linux
    Vendor
    Redhat
    Product
    Rhel Eus

    Exploits

    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/27/1https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/996https://www.canva.dev/blog/engineering/when-url-parsers-disagree-cve-2023-38633/http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/27/1https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/996https://www.canva.dev/blog/engineering/when-url-parsers-disagree-cve-2023-38633/

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    References

    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/27/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/06/10
    https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213502
    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/996
    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.56.3
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/422NTIHIEBRASIG2DWXYBH4ADYMHY626/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5BCXT5GW6RCL45ZUHUZR4CJG2BAFDVC/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37415799
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0011/
    https://www.canva.dev/blog/engineering/when-url-parsers-disagree-cve-2023-38633/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5484
    http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/27/1
    http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/09/06/10
    https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213502
    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/996
    https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/releases/2.56.3
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/422NTIHIEBRASIG2DWXYBH4ADYMHY626/
    https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5BCXT5GW6RCL45ZUHUZR4CJG2BAFDVC/
    https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=37415799
    https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20230831-0011/
    https://www.canva.dev/blog/engineering/when-url-parsers-disagree-cve-2023-38633/
    https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5484

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