Upstream information

CVE-2023-44451 at MITRE

Description

Linux Mint Xreader EPUB File Parsing Directory Traversal Remote Code Execution Vulnerability. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Linux Mint Xreader. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file. The specific flaw exists within the parsing of EPUB files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user. Was ZDI-CAN-21897.

Upstream Security Advisories:

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having important severity.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1218298 [NEW]

No SUSE Security Announcements cross referenced.

List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • libxreaderdocument3 >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • libxreaderview3 >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • typelib-1_0-XreaderDocument-1_5 >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • typelib-1_0-XreaderView-1_5 >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • xreader >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • xreader-devel >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • xreader-lang >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • xreader-plugin-comicsdocument >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • xreader-plugin-djvudocument >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • xreader-plugin-dvidocument >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • xreader-plugin-epubdocument >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • xreader-plugin-pdfdocument >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • xreader-plugin-pixbufdocument >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • xreader-plugin-psdocument >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • xreader-plugin-tiffdocument >= 4.0.2-1.1
  • xreader-plugin-xpsdocument >= 4.0.2-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE Tumbleweed GA libxreaderdocument3-4.0.2-1.1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Dec 21 01:01:51 2023
CVE page last modified: Fri May 3 15:38:09 2024