Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-202101-44

Severity: Medium
Date : 2021-01-29
CVE-ID : CVE-2021-3152
Package : home-assistant
Type : information disclosure
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-1488

Summary

The package home-assistant before version 2021.1.4-1 is vulnerable to
information disclosure.

Resolution

Upgrade to 2021.1.4-1.

pacman -Syu “home-assistant>=2021.1.4-1”

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 2021.1.4.

Workaround

The issue can be mitigated by disabling all custom integrations. This
is achieved by renaming the custom_components folder inside the Home
Assistant configuration folder to something else and restarting Home
Assistant.

Description

Home Assistant before 2021.1.3 allows attackers to obtain sensitive
information because custom integrations with …/ are mishandled leading
to directory-traversal.

Impact

Some integrations could allow malicious users to read sensitive
information.

References

https://bugs.archlinux.org/task/69398
https://www.home-assistant.io/blog/2021/01/14/security-bulletin/
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-3152