wasmer up to 4.3.1 oflags::creat path traversal

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A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in wasmer up to 4.3.1. This affects the function oflags::creat. Executing a manipulation can lead to path traversal. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2024-38358. The attack can only be executed locally. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

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A vulnerability was found in wasmer up to 4.3.1. It has been declared as problematic. This vulnerability affects the function oflags::creat. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

Wasmer is a web assembly (wasm) Runtime supporting WASIX, WASI and Emscripten. If the preopened directory has a symlink pointing outside, WASI programs can traverse the symlink and access host filesystem if the caller sets both `oflags::creat` and `rights::fd_write`. Programs can also crash the runtime by creating a symlink pointing outside with `path_symlink` and `path_open`ing the link. This issue has been addressed in commit `b9483d022` which has been included in release version 4.3.2. Users are advised to upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

The advisory is available at github.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-2024-38358 since 06/14/2024. The exploitation appears to be difficult. Local access is required to approach this attack. Technical details are known, but there is no available exploit. This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

Upgrading to version 4.3.2 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch b9483d022c602b994103f78ecfe46f017f8ac662 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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• wasmer

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• 4.3.0
• 4.3.1

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• open-source

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