LilyPond up to 2.20.0/2.21.4 define-stencil-commands.scm privileges management

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, was found in LilyPond up to 2.20.0/2.21.4. This impacts an unknown function of the file scm/define-stencil-commands.scm. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. This vulnerability is tracked as CVE-2020-17353. The attack can be launched remotely. No exploit exists.

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A vulnerability has been found in LilyPond up to 2.20.0/2.21.4 and classified as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown functionality of the file scm/define-stencil-commands.scm. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

scm/define-stencil-commands.scm in LilyPond through 2.20.0, and 2.21.x through 2.21.4, when -dsafe is used, lacks restrictions on embedded-ps and embedded-svg, as demonstrated by including dangerous PostScript code.

The weakness was disclosed 08/05/2020. This vulnerability was named CVE-2020-17353 since 08/05/2020. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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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• LilyPond

Version

• 2.0
• 2.1
• 2.2
• 2.3
• 2.4
• 2.5
• 2.6
• 2.7
• 2.8
• 2.9
• 2.10
• 2.11
• 2.12
• 2.13
• 2.14
• 2.15
• 2.16
• 2.17
• 2.18
• 2.19
• 2.20.0
• 2.21.0
• 2.21.1
• 2.21.2
• 2.21.3
• 2.21.4

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