MGASA-2018-0196

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    MGASA-2018-0196

    Published: 6 Apr 2018Last Modified: 16 Apr 2026

    Summary: Updated nmap packages fix security vulnerability

    Details: Nmap developer nnposter found a security flaw (directory traversal vulnerability) in the way the non-default http-fetch script sanitized URLs. If a user manualy ran this NSE script against a malicious web server, the server could potentially (depending on NSE arguments used) cause files to be saved outside the intended destination directory. Existing files couldn't be overwritten. We fixed http-fetch, audited our other scripts to ensure they didn't make this mistake, and updated the httpspider library API to protect against this by default.

    References: https://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2018-0196.html, https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=22854, http://seclists.org/nmap-announce/2018/0

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: nmap

    Purl: pkg:rpm/mageia/nmap?arch=source&distro=mageia-6

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -7.40-1.1.mga6

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High
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