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CVE-2022-4563 Detail

Description

A vulnerability was found in Freedom of the Press SecureDrop. It has been rated as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the file gpg-agent.conf. The manipulation leads to symlink following. Local access is required to approach this attack. The name of the patch is b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215972.


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Hyperlink Resource
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/commit/b0526a06f8ca713cce74b63e00d3730618d89691 Patch  Third Party Advisory 
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/compare/2.5.0...2.5.1
https://github.com/freedomofpress/securedrop/pull/6704 Third Party Advisory 
https://securedrop.org/news/2_5_1-security-advisory/
https://vuldb.com/?id.215972 Permissions Required  Third Party Advisory 

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following') VulDB  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2022-4563
NVD Published Date:
12/16/2022
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
VulDB