CVE-2023-38633
MEDIUM
5.5
CVSS Score
Published: July 22, 2023 at 12:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 06:10 AM UTC
3 products affected across 3 vendorsDebian LinuxFedoraLibrsvg
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Severity
MEDIUM5.5
Exploit prediction
EPSS 2%
Description
A directory traversal problem in the URL decoder of librsvg before 2.56.3 could be used by local or remote attackers to disclose files (on the local filesystem outside of the expected area), as demonstrated by href=".?../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd" in an xi:include element.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Debian Linux· Debiandrupal
95%2.42.3 ≤ v < 2.46.62.48.0 ≤ v < 2.48.112.50.0 ≤ v < 2.50.82.52.0 ≤ v < 2.52.102.54.0 ≤ v < 2.54.62.55.0 ≤ v < 2.55.32.56.0 ≤ v < 2.56.3
Affected range stops below 2.46.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.48.11, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.50.8, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.52.10, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.54.6, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.55.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Affected range stops below 2.56.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
Patch and advisory references
- https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213502
- https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/996
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/422NTIHIEBRASIG2DWXYBH4ADYMHY626/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5BCXT5GW6RCL45ZUHUZR4CJG2BAFDVC/
- https://www.debian.org/security/2023/dsa-5484
References (12)
Mailing ListNot ApplicableThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2023/Jul/43Mailing ListExploitThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2023/07/27/1Issue TrackingPatchThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1213502ExploitIssue TrackingVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://gitlab.gnome.org/GNOME/librsvg/-/issues/996Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/422NTIHIEBRASIG2DWXYBH4ADYMHY626/Vendor AdvisoryThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/R5BCXT5GW6RCL45ZUHUZR4CJG2BAFDVC/CVSS
- Attack Vector
- LOCAL
- Complexity
- LOW
- Privileges
- LOW
- User Interaction
- NONE
- Scope
- UNCHANGED
- Confidentiality
- HIGH
- Integrity
- NONE
- Availability
- NONE
Vector?
Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-22
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