CVE-2022-4493: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

December 14, 2022 (updated December 16, 2022)

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in scifio. Affected by this vulnerability is the function downloadAndUnpackResource of the file src/test/java/io/scif/util/DefaultSampleFilesService.java of the component ZIP File Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The attack can be launched remotely. The name of the patch is fcb0dbca0ec72b22fe0c9ddc8abc9cb188a0ff31. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215803.

References

github.com/advisories/GHSA-cmwm-45mj-mpg3
github.com/scifio/scifio/commit/fcb0dbca0ec72b22fe0c9ddc8abc9cb188a0ff31
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2022-4493
vuldb.com/?id.215803

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