Upstream information

CVE-2024-38519 at MITRE

Description

`yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` are command-line audio/video downloaders. Prior to the fixed versions, `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` do not limit the extensions of downloaded files, which could lead to arbitrary filenames being created in the download folder (and path traversal on Windows). Since `yt-dlp` and `youtube-dl` also read config from the working directory (and on Windows executables will be executed from the `yt-dlp` or `youtube-dl` directory), this could lead to arbitrary code being executed.




`yt-dlp` version 2024.07.01 fixes this issue by whitelisting the allowed extensions. `youtube-dl` fixes this issue in commit `d42a222` on the `master` branch and in nightly builds tagged 2024-07-03 or later. This might mean some very uncommon extensions might not get downloaded, however it will also limit the possible exploitation surface. In addition to upgrading, have `.%(ext)s` at the end of the output template and make sure the user trusts the websites that they are downloading from. Also, make sure to never download to a directory within PATH or other sensitive locations like one's user directory, `system32`, or other binaries locations. For users who are not able to upgrade, keep the default output template (`-o "%(title)s [%(id)s].%(ext)s`); make sure the extension of the media to download is a common video/audio/sub/... one; try to avoid the generic extractor; and/or use `--ignore-config --config-location ...` to not load config from common locations.

SUSE information

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

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1227305 [NEW]

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List of released packages

Product(s) Fixed package version(s) References
SUSE Package Hub 15 SP6
  • python311-yt-dlp >= 2024.08.01-bp156.2.3.1
  • yt-dlp >= 2024.08.01-bp156.2.3.1
  • yt-dlp-bash-completion >= 2024.08.01-bp156.2.3.1
  • yt-dlp-fish-completion >= 2024.08.01-bp156.2.3.1
  • yt-dlp-zsh-completion >= 2024.08.01-bp156.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-238
openSUSE Leap 15.6
  • python311-yt-dlp >= 2024.08.01-bp156.2.3.1
  • yt-dlp >= 2024.08.01-bp156.2.3.1
  • yt-dlp-bash-completion >= 2024.08.01-bp156.2.3.1
  • yt-dlp-fish-completion >= 2024.08.01-bp156.2.3.1
  • yt-dlp-zsh-completion >= 2024.08.01-bp156.2.3.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-2024-238
openSUSE Tumbleweed
  • python310-yt-dlp >= 2024.07.01-1.1
  • python311-yt-dlp >= 2024.07.01-1.1
  • python312-yt-dlp >= 2024.07.01-1.1
  • yt-dlp >= 2024.07.01-1.1
  • yt-dlp-bash-completion >= 2024.07.01-1.1
  • yt-dlp-fish-completion >= 2024.07.01-1.1
  • yt-dlp-zsh-completion >= 2024.07.01-1.1
 Patchnames:
openSUSE-Tumbleweed-2024-14094

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 2 18:10:30 2024
CVE page last modified: Tue Sep 3 19:35:31 2024