Asset Pipeline Plugin up to 3.0.3 on Grails path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Asset Pipeline Plugin up to 3.0.3 on Grails. Affected is an unknown function. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2018-17605. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. You should upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Asset Pipeline Plugin up to 3.0.3 on Grails and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-22. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

An issue was discovered in the Asset Pipeline plugin before 3.0.4 for Grails. An attacker can perform directory traversal via a crafted request when a servlet-based application is executed in Jetty, because there is a classloader vulnerability that can allow a reverse file traversal route in AssetPipelineFilter.groovy or AssetPipelineFilterCore.groovy.

The bug was discovered 08/17/2018. The weakness was shared 09/28/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-17605 since 09/28/2018. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 42 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k.

Upgrading to version 3.0.4 eliminates this vulnerability.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.4
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 7.2

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Not defined

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Asset Pipeline Plugin 3.0.4
Patch: github.com

Timelineinfo

08/17/2018 🔍
09/28/2018 +41 days 🔍
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05/19/2023 +1694 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: a29533c52e4b60e244082433e116d2a038d01017
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2018-17605 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2018-17605
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-124574

Entryinfo

Created: 09/28/2018 15:10
Updated: 05/19/2023 13:08
Changes: 09/28/2018 15:10 (57), 03/27/2020 19:49 (1), 05/19/2023 13:08 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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