UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23457

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2022-23457

    Published: 25 Apr 2022Last Modified: 17 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2022-23457
    Aliases:
    USN-8181-1

    Summary:

    Details: ESAPI (The OWASP Enterprise Security API) is a free, open source, web application security control library. Prior to version 2.3.0.0, the default implementation of `Validator.getValidDirectoryPath(String, String, File, boolean)` may incorrectly treat the tested input string as a child of the specified parent directory. This potentially could allow control-flow bypass checks to be defeated if an attack can specify the entire string representing the 'input' path. This vulnerability is patched in release 2.3.0.0 of ESAPI. As a workaround, it is possible to write one's own implementation of the Validator interface. However, maintainers do not recommend this.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-23457, https://securitylab.github.com/advisories/GHSL-2022-008_The_OWASP_Enterprise_Security_API/, https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/security/advisories/GHSA-8m5h-hrqm-pxm2, https://github.com/ESAPI/esapi-java-legacy/blob/develop/documentation/esapi4java-core-2.3.0.0-release-notes.txt, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2022-23457, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-8181-1

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libowasp-esapi-java

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.0-2ubuntu0.1~esm1

    Affected versions

    2.1.0-2

    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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