UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14751

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2019-14751
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2019/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14751.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2019-14751
Related
Published
2019-08-20T00:00:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:58Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

NLTK Downloader before 3.4.5 is vulnerable to a directory traversal, allowing attackers to write arbitrary files via a ../ (dot dot slash) in an NLTK package (ZIP archive) that is mishandled during extraction.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / nltk

Package

Name
nltk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nltk@2.0~b9-0ubuntu4.1~esm2?arch=source&distro=trusty/esm

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
2.0~b9-0ubuntu4.1~esm2

Affected versions

2.*

2.0~b9-0ubuntu4

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "Available with Ubuntu Pro (Infra-only): https://ubuntu.com/pro",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-nltk",
            "binary_version": "2.0~b9-0ubuntu4.1~esm2"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / nltk

Package

Name
nltk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nltk@3.1-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.1-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.0.4-1
3.0.5-1
3.1-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-nltk",
            "binary_version": "3.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-nltk",
            "binary_version": "3.1-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}

Ubuntu:18.04:LTS / nltk

Package

Name
nltk
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/nltk@3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1?arch=source&distro=bionic

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1

Affected versions

3.*

3.2.4-1
3.2.5-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "python-nltk",
            "binary_version": "3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "python3-nltk",
            "binary_version": "3.2.5-1ubuntu0.1"
        }
    ],
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium"
}