GHSA-qp5m-c3m9-8q2p

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Source
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qp5m-c3m9-8q2p
Import Source
https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2022/08/GHSA-qp5m-c3m9-8q2p/GHSA-qp5m-c3m9-8q2p.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-qp5m-c3m9-8q2p
Aliases
Published
2022-08-06T05:47:04Z
Modified
2023-11-08T04:09:29.687793Z
Severity
  • 8.2 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
JSPUI vulnerable to path traversal in submission (resumable) upload
Details

Impact

The JSPUI resumable upload implementations in SubmissionController and FileUploadRequest are vulnerable to multiple path traversal attacks, allowing an attacker to create files/directories anywhere on the server writable by the Tomcat/DSpace user, by modifying some request parameters during submission. This path traversal can only be executed by a user with special privileges (submitter rights). This vulnerability only impacts the JSPUI.

This vulnerability does NOT impact the XMLUI or 7.x.

Patches

DSpace 6.x: * Fixed in 6.4 via commit: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/7569c6374aefeafb996e202cf8d631020eda5f24 * 6.x patch file: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/7569c6374aefeafb996e202cf8d631020eda5f24.patch (may be applied manually if an immediate upgrade to 6.4 or above is not possible)

DSpace 5.x: * Fixed in 5.11 via commit: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/d1dd7d23329ef055069759df15cfa200c8e3 * 5.x patch file: https://github.com/DSpace/DSpace/commit/d1dd7d23329ef055069759df15cfa200c8e3.patch (may be applied manually if an immediate upgrade to 5.11 or 6.4 is not possible)

Apply the patch to your DSpace

If at all possible, we recommend upgrading your DSpace site based on the upgrade instructions. However, if you are unable to do so, you can manually apply the above patches as follows: 1. Download the appropriate patch file to the machine where DSpace is running 2. From the [dspace-src] folder, apply the patch, e.g. git apply [name-of-file].patch 3. Now, update your DSpace site (based loosely on the Upgrade instructions). This generally involves three steps: 1. Rebuild DSpace, e.g. mvn -U clean package (This will recompile all DSpace code) 2. Redeploy DSpace, e.g. ant update (This will copy all updated WARs / configs to your installation directory). Depending on your setup you also may need to copy the updated WARs over to your Tomcat webapps folder. 3. Restart Tomcat

Workarounds

There are no known workarounds. However, this vulnerability cannot be exploited by an anonymous user or a basic user. The user must first have submitter privileges to at least one Collection and be able to determine how to modify the request parameters to exploit the vulnerability.

References

Discovered & reported by Johannes Moritz of Ripstech

For more information

If you have any questions or comments about this advisory: * Email us at security@dspace.org

Database specific 
{
    "nvd_published_at": "2022-08-01T21:15:00Z",
    "github_reviewed_at": "2022-08-06T05:47:04Z",
    "severity": "HIGH",
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ]
}
References

Affected packages

Maven / org.dspace:dspace-jspui

Package

Name
org.dspace:dspace-jspui
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Purl
pkg:maven/org.dspace/dspace-jspui

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
4.0
Fixed
5.11

Affected versions

4.*

4.0
4.1
4.2
4.3
4.4
4.5
4.6
4.7
4.8
4.9

5.*

5.0-rc1
5.0-rc2
5.0-rc3
5.0
5.1
5.2
5.3
5.4
5.5
5.6
5.7
5.8
5.9
5.10

Maven / org.dspace:dspace-jspui

Package

Name
org.dspace:dspace-jspui
View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl
pkg:maven/org.dspace/dspace-jspui

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
6.0
Fixed
6.4

Affected versions

6.*

6.0
6.1
6.2
6.3