Autolab up to 2.11.x Assessment path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical has been found in Autolab up to 2.11.x. This vulnerability affects unknown code of the component Assessment Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2023-44395. Remote exploitation of the attack is possible. No exploit is available. It is recommended to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Autolab up to 2.11.x. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Assessment Handler. 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. The summary by CVE is:

Autolab is a course management service that enables instructors to offer autograded programming assignments to their students over the Web. Path traversal vulnerabilities were discovered in Autolab's assessment functionality in versions of Autolab prior to 2.12.0, whereby instructors can perform arbitrary file reads. Version 2.12.0 contains a patch. There are no feasible workarounds for this issue.

The weakness was published 01/22/2024 as GHSA-h8wq-ghfq-5hfx. The advisory is shared at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-44395 since 09/28/2023. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1006 for this issue.

Upgrading to version 2.12.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The upgrade is hosted for download at github.com.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.7
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 4.7

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VulDB Temp Score: 2.6
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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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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Autolab 2.12.0

Timelineinfo

09/28/2023 🔍
01/22/2024 +116 days 🔍
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02/16/2024 +25 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Product: github.com

Advisory: GHSA-h8wq-ghfq-5hfx
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-44395 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-44395
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-251705

Entryinfo

Created: 01/22/2024 16:24
Updated: 02/16/2024 09:18
Changes: 01/22/2024 16:24 (51), 02/16/2024 09:18 (11)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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