GNS3 ubridge up to 0.9.18 on macOS Configuration File information disclosure

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in GNS3 ubridge up to 0.9.18 on macOS. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Configuration File Handler. Performing a manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2020-14976. The attack must be initiated from a local position. There is no exploit available.

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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in GNS3 ubridge up to 0.9.18 on macOS. This affects an unknown functionality of the component Configuration File Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

GNS3 ubridge through 0.9.18 on macOS, as used in GNS3 server before 2.1.17, allows a local attacker to read arbitrary files because it handles configuration-file errors by printing the configuration file while executing in a setuid root context.

The weakness was shared 06/23/2020. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2020-14976 since 06/22/2020. The exploitability is told to be easy. Attacking locally is a requirement. No form of authentication is needed for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

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• GNS3

Name

• ubridge

Version

• 0.9.0
• 0.9.1
• 0.9.2
• 0.9.3
• 0.9.4
• 0.9.5
• 0.9.6
• 0.9.7
• 0.9.8
• 0.9.9
• 0.9.10
• 0.9.11
• 0.9.12
• 0.9.13
• 0.9.14
• 0.9.15
• 0.9.16
• 0.9.17
• 0.9.18

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