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CVE-2015-5305: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

February 15, 2022 (updated February 17, 2023)

Directory traversal vulnerability in Kubernetes, as used in Red Hat OpenShift Enterprise 3.0, allows attackers to write to arbitrary files via a crafted object type name, which is not properly handled before passing it to etcd.

References

  • access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015:1945
  • access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2015-5305
  • bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1273969
  • github.com/advisories/GHSA-jp32-vmm6-3vf5
  • github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/37f730f68c7f06e060f90714439bfb0dbb2df5e7
  • github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/commit/68f2add9bd5d43b9da1424d87d88f83d120e17d0
  • github.com/kubernetes/kubernetes/pull/16381
  • nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5305
  • pkg.go.dev/vuln/GO-2022-0701
  • web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2015-5305

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.1.1

Fixed versions

  • 1.1.1

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.1.1 or above.

Impact 6.4 MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

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Weakness

  • CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

Source file

go/k8s.io/kubernetes/CVE-2015-5305.yml

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