SUSE CVE-2015-3887

Untrusted search path vulnerability in ProxyChains-NG before 4.9 allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse libproxychains4.so library in the current working directory, which is referenced in the LDPRELOAD path...

SUSE CVE-2016-10374

perltidy through 20160302, as used by perlcritic, check-all-the-things, and other software, relies on the current working directory for certain output files and does not have a symlink-attack protection mechanism, which allows local users to overwrite arbitrary files by creating a symlink, as...

SUSE CVE-2020-15167

In Miller command line utility using the configuration file support introduced in version 5.9.0, it is possible for an attacker to cause Miller to run arbitrary code by placing a malicious .mlrrc file in the working directory. See linked GitHub Security Advisory for complete details. A fix is rea...

SUSE CVE-2020-24742

An issue has been fixed in Qt versions 5.14.0 where QPluginLoader attempts to load plugins relative to the working directory, allowing attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted files...

SUSE CVE-2020-28010

Exim 4 before 4.94.2 allows Out-of-bounds Write because the main function, while setuid root, copies the current working directory pathname into a buffer that is too small on some common platforms...

SUSE CVE-2021-36770

Encode.pm, as distributed in Perl through 5.34.0, allows local users to gain privileges via a Trojan horse Encode::ConfigLocal library in the current working directory that preempts dynamic module loading. Exploitation requires an unusual configuration, and certain 2021 versions of Encode.pm 3.05...

CVE-2023-23946 Git's `git apply` overwriting paths outside the working tree

Git, a revision control system, is vulnerable to path traversal prior to versions 2.39.2, 2.38.4, 2.37.6, 2.36.5, 2.35.7, 2.34.7, 2.33.7, 2.32.6, 2.31.7, and 2.30.8. By feeding a crafted input to git apply, a path outside the working tree can be overwritten as the user who is running git apply. A...

USN-5871-1 git vulnerabilities

It was discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain repositories. An attacker could use this issue to make Git uses its local clone optimization even when using a non-local transport. CVE-2023-22490 Joern Schneeweisz discovered that Git incorrectly handled certain commands. An attacker could...

UBUNTU-CVE-2023-23946

Git, a revision control system, is vulnerable to path traversal prior to versions 2.39.2, 2.38.4, 2.37.6, 2.36.5, 2.35.7, 2.34.7, 2.33.7, 2.32.6, 2.31.7, and 2.30.8. By feeding a crafted input to git apply, a path outside the working tree can be overwritten as the user who is running git apply. A...

git -- "git apply" overwriting paths outside the working tree

git team reports: By feeding a crafted input to "git apply", a path outside the working tree can be overwritten as the user who is running "git apply"...

git -- Local clone-based data exfiltration with non-local transports

git team reports: Using a specially-crafted repository, Git can be tricked into using its local clone optimization even when using a non-local transport. Though Git will abort local clones whose source $GITDIR/objects directory contains symbolic links c.f., CVE-2022-39253, the objects directory...

git: gitattributes parsing integer overflow

A flaw was found in Git, a distributed revision control system. When parsing gitattributes, a mechanism to allow defining attributes for paths, multiple integer overflows can occur when there is a huge number of path patterns, attributes for a single pattern, or declared attribute names. These...

git: gitattributes parsing integer overflow

A flaw was found in Git, a distributed revision control system. When parsing gitattributes, a mechanism to allow defining attributes for paths, multiple integer overflows can occur when there is a huge number of path patterns, attributes for a single pattern, or declared attribute names. These...

git: gitattributes parsing integer overflow

A flaw was found in Git, a distributed revision control system. When parsing gitattributes, a mechanism to allow defining attributes for paths, multiple integer overflows can occur when there is a huge number of path patterns, attributes for a single pattern, or declared attribute names. These...

Cyberthreats facing UK finance sector "a national security threat"

As the reports covering all of 2022 start trickling in, we can see that cybercrime and other types of fraud had a major impact last year. Take for example the 2022 half year fraud update by UK Finance, which tells us that criminals stole a total of £609.8 million roughly $750 million through...

emacs -- arbitary shell command execution vulnerability of ctags

lu4nx reports: GNU Emacs through 28.2 allows attackers to execute commands via shell metacharacters in the name of a source-code file, because lib-src/etags.c uses the system C library function in its implementation of the ctags program. For example, a victim may use the "ctags " command suggeste...

The US Has a Shortage of Bomb-Sniffing Dogs

Nothing beats a dogs nose for detecting explosives. Unfortunately, there arent enough dogs: Last month, the US Government Accountability Office GAO released a nearly 100-page report about working dogs and the need for federal agencies to better safeguard their health and wellness. The GOA says th...

CVE-2022-30283

In UsbCoreDxe, tampering with the contents of the USB working buffer using DMA while certain USB transactions are in process leads to a TOCTOU problem that could be used by an attacker to cause SMRAM corruption and escalation of privileges The UsbCoreDxe module creates a working buffer for USB...

Moderate: Red Hat Security Advisory: qt5 security and bug fix update

An update for qt5 is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 9. Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System CVSS base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CV...

GHSA-M678-F26J-3HRP Execution with Unnecessary Privileges in JupyterApp

Impact What kind of vulnerability is it? Who is impacted? We’d like to disclose an arbitrary code execution vulnerability in jupytercore that stems from jupytercore executing untrusted files in the current working directory. This vulnerability allows one user to run code as another. Patches Has t...