CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2020-23171

Externally Controlled Reference to a Resource in Another Sphere

Published: Aug 10, 2021 | Modified: Aug 17, 2021
CVSS 3.x
5.5
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
CVSS 2.x
4.3 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
MEDIUM

A vulnerability in all versions of Nim-lang allows unauthenticated attackers to write files to arbitrary directories via a crafted zip file with dot-slash characters included in the name of the crafted file.

Weakness

The product uses an externally controlled name or reference that resolves to a resource that is outside of the intended control sphere.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Nim-lang Nim-lang * *
Nim Ubuntu bionic *
Nim Ubuntu hirsute *
Nim Ubuntu impish *
Nim Ubuntu lunar *
Nim Ubuntu mantic *
Nim Ubuntu trusty *
Nim Ubuntu xenial *

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