Gallery up to 2.2.5 Symbolic Links path traversal

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability labeled as problematic has been found in Gallery up to 2.2.5. This affects an unknown function of the component Symbolic Links. Such manipulation leads to path traversal. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-4129. There is not any exploit available. The affected component should be upgraded.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Gallery up to 2.2.5 (Photo Gallery Software) and classified as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown part of the component Symbolic Links. 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. CVE summarizes:

Gallery before 1.5.9, and 2.x before 2.2.6, does not properly handle ZIP archives containing symbolic links, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via vectors related to the archive upload (aka zip upload) functionality.

The bug was discovered 09/16/2008. The weakness was released 09/18/2008 by Hanno Boeck (Alex) (Website). The advisory is shared for download at redhat.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-4129 since 09/18/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. A simple authentication is necessary for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1006.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 37348 (Fedora 10 : gallery2-2.3-1.fc10 (2008-11218)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading to version 1.5.8 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 4 months after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (45228), Tenable (37348), SecurityFocus (BID 31231†), OSVDB (48214†) and Secunia (SA32662†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-43642, VDB-44097 and VDB-44094. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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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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Nessus ID: 37348
Nessus Name: Fedora 10 : gallery2-2.3-1.fc10 (2008-11218)
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OpenVAS ID: 61658
OpenVAS Name: FreeBSD Ports: gallery
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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Gallery 1.5.8

Timelineinfo

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Sourcesinfo

Advisory: redhat.com
Researcher: Hanno Boeck (Alex)
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2008-4129 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-4129
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-44096
X-Force: 45228
SecurityFocus: 31231 - Gallery Prior to 2.2.6 Multiple Vulnerabilities
Secunia: 32662 - Gentoo update for gallery, Less Critical
OSVDB: 48214 - Gallery ZIP archives information disclosure
Vulnerability Center: 20020 - Menalto Gallery ZIP Archives Vulnerability Allows Remote Attacker to Read Arbitrary Files, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/17/2015 16:11
Updated: 08/20/2019 21:31
Changes: 03/17/2015 16:11 (80), 08/20/2019 21:31 (5)
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