clinical-genomics scout up to 4.51 send_file path traversal

Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in clinical-genomics scout up to 4.51 and classified as critical. This affects the function send_file. The manipulation results in path traversal. This vulnerability was named CVE-2022-1554. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in clinical-genomics scout up to 4.51. It has been classified as critical. Affected is the function send_file. 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 confidentiality, integrity, and availability.

The weakness was presented 05/03/2022. The advisory is shared for download at huntr.dev. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2022-1554 since 05/03/2022. There are known technical details, but no exploit is available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

Upgrading to version 4.52 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 952a2e2319af2d95d22b017a561730feac086ff1 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Vendor

• clinical-genomics

Name

• scout

Version

• 4.0
• 4.1
• 4.2
• 4.3
• 4.4
• 4.5
• 4.6
• 4.7
• 4.8
• 4.9
• 4.10
• 4.11
• 4.12
• 4.13
• 4.14
• 4.15
• 4.16
• 4.17
• 4.18
• 4.19
• 4.20
• 4.21
• 4.22
• 4.23
• 4.24
• 4.25
• 4.26
• 4.27
• 4.28
• 4.29
• 4.30
• 4.31
• 4.32
• 4.33
• 4.34
• 4.35
• 4.36
• 4.37
• 4.38
• 4.39
• 4.40
• 4.41
• 4.42
• 4.43
• 4.44
• 4.45
• 4.46
• 4.47
• 4.48
• 4.49
• 4.50
• 4.51

License

• open-source

Website

• Product: https://github.com/clinical-genomics/scout/

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