Bower up to 1.8.7 Install path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as critical has been reported in Bower up to 1.8.7. Affected is an unknown function of the component Install. Performing a manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2019-5484. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in Bower up to 1.8.7. This affects an unknown code of the component Install. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as 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. This is going to have an impact on integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Bower before 1.8.8 has a path traversal vulnerability permitting file write in arbitrary locations via install command, which allows attackers to write arbitrary files when a malicious package is extracted.

The weakness was shared 09/13/2019 (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apache.org. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2019-5484 since 01/04/2019. The exploitability is told to be easy. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 1.8.8 eliminates this vulnerability.

The entry VDB-131997 is related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Path traversal
CWE: CWE-22
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Bower 1.8.8
Patch: github.com

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01/04/2019 🔍
09/13/2019 +252 days 🔍
09/14/2019 +1 days 🔍
12/25/2023 +1563 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: 45c6bfa86f6e57731b153baca9e0b41a1cc699e3
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2019-5484 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2019-5484
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-141789
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Entryinfo

Created: 09/14/2019 17:59
Updated: 12/25/2023 08:42
Changes: 09/14/2019 17:59 (55), 08/24/2020 16:32 (1), 12/25/2023 08:42 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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