Fedora Repository up to 3.8.1 ZIP Archive path traversal

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A vulnerability labeled as very critical has been found in Fedora Repository up to 3.8.1. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component ZIP Archive Handler. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2025-23011. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. The affected component should be upgraded.

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A vulnerability was found in Fedora Repository up to 3.8.1 and classified as very critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component ZIP Archive Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a path traversal vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-23. The product uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize sequences such as ".." that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Fedora Repository 3.8.1 allows path traversal when extracting uploaded archives ("Zip Slip"). A remote, authenticated attacker can upload a specially crafted archive that will extract an arbitrary JSP file to a location that can be executed by an unauthenticated GET request. Fedora Repository 3.8.1 was released on 2015-06-11 and is no longer maintained. Migrate to a currently supported version (6.5.1 as of 2025-01-23).

The advisory is available at raw.githubusercontent.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2025-23011 since 01/09/2025. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/24/2025). This vulnerability is assigned to T1006 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

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

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• Fedora

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• 3.8.0
• 3.8.1

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