CVE-2023-5557 Tracker-miners: sandbox escape
High 7.5
Published
Updated
Check this codebase for CVE-2023-5557 and fix it if it is affected.
What it is: CVE-2023-5557 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 13 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5557 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Affected product: Redhat Enterprise Linux. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.
Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.
Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5557/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2023-5557/index.md)
Attackers can escape the tracker-miners sandbox to execute code if the process is already compromised, affecting Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2023-5557?
CVE-2023-5557 is a high-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, published on 13 Oct 2023. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
A flaw was found in the tracker-miners package. A weakness in the sandbox allows a maliciously-crafted file to execute code outside the sandbox if the tracker-extract process has first been compromised by a separate vulnerability.
Weakness: CWE-693
Which versions are affected by CVE-2023-5557?
It affects 2 products.
Linux distribution packages (40)
tracker-miners AlmaLinux:8 | All versions | 2.1.5-2.el8_9.1 |
tracker-miners AlmaLinux:9 | All versions | 3.1.2-4.el9_3 |
tracker-miners Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_9.1 |
tracker-miners-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_9.1 |
tracker-miners-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_9.1 |
tracker-miners Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.1.2-4.el9_3 |
tracker-miners-debuginfo Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.1.2-4.el9_3 |
tracker-miners-debugsource Red Hat:enterprise_linux:9::appstream | All versions | 0:3.1.2-4.el9_3 |
tracker-miners Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_2.1 |
tracker-miners-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_2.1 |
tracker-miners-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_2.1 |
tracker-miners Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_4.1 |
tracker-miners-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_4.1 |
tracker-miners-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_aus:8.4::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_4.1 |
tracker-miners Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_2.1 |
tracker-miners-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_2.1 |
tracker-miners-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_2.1 |
tracker-miners Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_4.1 |
tracker-miners-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_4.1 |
tracker-miners-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_e4s:8.4::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_4.1 |
tracker-miners Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_6.1 |
tracker-miners-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_6.1 |
tracker-miners-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.6::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_6.1 |
tracker-miners Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_8.1 |
tracker-miners-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_8.1 |
tracker-miners-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:8.8::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_8.1 |
tracker-miners Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:3.1.2-2.el9_0 |
tracker-miners-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:3.1.2-2.el9_0 |
tracker-miners-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.0::appstream | All versions | 0:3.1.2-2.el9_0 |
tracker-miners Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:3.1.2-4.el9_2 |
tracker-miners-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:3.1.2-4.el9_2 |
tracker-miners-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_eus:9.2::appstream | All versions | 0:3.1.2-4.el9_2 |
tracker-miners Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_2.1 |
tracker-miners-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_2.1 |
tracker-miners-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.2::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_2.1 |
tracker-miners Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_4.1 |
tracker-miners-debuginfo Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_4.1 |
tracker-miners-debugsource Red Hat:rhel_tus:8.4::appstream | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_4.1 |
tracker-miners Rocky Linux:8 | All versions | 0:2.1.5-2.el8_9.1 |
tracker-miners Rocky Linux:9 | All versions | 0:3.1.2-4.el9_3 |
Products include Gnome Tracker Miners, Redhat Enterprise Linux.
How do I fix CVE-2023-5557?
Apply the vendor's patch.
Is CVE-2023-5557 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2023-5557 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Sources
Also known as ALSA-2023:7712, ALSA-2023:7732, CLSA-2025-1765287210, DEBIAN-CVE-2023-5557, GHSA-c9fx-36x8-jr74, OESA-2024-1670 and 15 more.