CVE-2016-3108 Path traversal in n/a

What is CVE-2016-3108?

CVE-2016-3108 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Jun 2017. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The pulp-gen-nodes-certificate script in Pulp before 2.8.3 allows local users to leak the keys or write to arbitrary files via a symlink attack.

Weakness: CWE-59

Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-3108?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Pulpproject Pulp.

How do I fix CVE-2016-3108?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.

Is CVE-2016-3108 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-3108 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2015-5263 Security feature bypass in n/a High 8.1
• CVE-2016-3112 Information disclosure in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2013-7450 Hardcoded credentials in n/a High 7.5
• CVE-2018-10917 Path traversal in pulp Medium 6.8
• CVE-2024-7143 Pulpcore: rbac permissions incorrectly assigned in tasks that create objects Medium 6.7

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as GHSA-2wh2-4qxg-w52c.