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CVE-2018-10917 Detail

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Description

pulp 2.16.x and possibly older is vulnerable to an improper path parsing. A malicious user or a malicious iso feed repository can write to locations accessible to the 'apache' user. This may lead to overwrite of published content on other iso repositories.

Metrics

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CVSS 4.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

N/A

NVD assessment not yet provided.

CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Nist CVSS score does not match with CNA score

CNA: Red Hat, Inc.

Base Score: 6.8 MEDIUM

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

CVSS 2.0 Severity and Vector Strings:

National Institute of Standards and Technology

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 4.0 MEDIUM

Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:1222	CVE, Inc., Red Hat
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10917	CVE, Inc., Red Hat	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-22	Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')	NIST Red Hat, Inc.

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Change History

9 change records found show changes

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 5:15:15 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	Description	A path traversal flaw was found in the ISO repository plugin for pulp. An attacker, with access to a repository feeding pulp can carefully craft his repository to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the Apache webserver.	pulp 2.16.x and possibly older is vulnerable to an improper path parsing. A malicious user or a malicious iso feed repository can write to locations accessible to the 'apache' user. This may lead to overwrite of published content on other iso repositories.
Added	CWE		Red Hat, Inc. CWE-22
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2019:1283 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10917 [No Types Assigned]
Removed	Reference	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1598928 [No Types Assigned]

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 10:17:29 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Changed	Description	pulp 2.16.x and possibly older is vulnerable to an improper path parsing. A malicious user or a malicious iso feed repository can write to locations accessible to the 'apache' user. This may lead to overwrite of published content on other iso repositories.	A path traversal flaw was found in the ISO repository plugin for pulp. An attacker, with access to a repository feeding pulp can carefully craft his repository to overwrite arbitrary files owned by the Apache webserver.
Removed	CWE	Red Hat, Inc. CWE-22
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHEA-2019:1283 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-10917 [No Types Assigned]
Added	Reference		https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1598928 [No Types Assigned]

Initial Analysis by NIST 10/18/2018 5:19:42 PM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Added	CWE		CWE-264
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:pulpproject:pulp::::::::* versions up to (including) 2.16.0 cpe:2.3:a:pulpproject:pulp:2.16.1::::::: cpe:2.3:a:pulpproject:pulp:2.16.2::::::: cpe:2.3:a:pulpproject:pulp:2.16.4:::::::
Changed	Reference Type	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10917 No Types Assigned	https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2018-10917 Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2018-10917
NVD Published Date:
08/15/2018
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2026
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.

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CVE-2018-10917 Detail

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Change History

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 6/16/2026 9:34:55 PM

CVE Modified by CVE 11/20/2024 10:42:17 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/14/2024 12:54:56 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/12/2023 5:15:15 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 2/02/2023 10:17:29 AM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 10/09/2019 7:33:14 PM

CWE Remap by NIST 10/02/2019 8:03:26 PM

CVE Modified by Red Hat, Inc. 5/14/2019 1:29:02 PM

Initial Analysis by NIST 10/18/2018 5:19:42 PM

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