CVE-2018-12563 Path traversal in n/a
An attacker can force the LAVA server to read arbitrary files from the filesystem by exploiting support for file: URLs in YAML inputs.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2018-12563?
CVE-2018-12563 is a medium-severity path traversal vulnerability in n/a, published on 19 Jun 2018. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
An issue was discovered in Linaro LAVA before 2018.5.post1. Because of support for file: URLs, a user can force lava-server-gunicorn to download any file from the filesystem if it's readable by lavaserver and valid yaml.
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2018-12563?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Linaro Lava.
How do I fix CVE-2018-12563?
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-2018-12563 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2018-12563 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2018-12563, GHSA-4mrc-59wr-qp25.