Vulnerability · Published Oct 2, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-25623
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the erlang package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 3.2% (higher than 88% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)3.2%top 12.0% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
Erlang/OTP 22.3.x before 22.3.4.6 and 23.x before 23.1 allows Directory Traversal. An attacker can send a crafted HTTP request to read arbitrary files, if httpd in the inets application is used.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | erlang | 1:23.1+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25623 |
| Debian:13 | erlang | 1:23.1+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25623 |
| Debian:14 | erlang | 1:23.1+dfsg-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-25623 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://www.erlang.org/news x_refsource_MISC
- https://www.erlang.org/downloads x_refsource_CONFIRM
- https://github.com/erlang/otp/releases/tag/OTP-23.1 x_refsource_CONFIRM