Vulnerability · Published Jan 7, 2022 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-29050
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the sphinxsearch package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 2.2% (higher than 83% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)2.2%top 17.1% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
SphinxSearch in Sphinx Technologies Sphinx through 3.1.1 allows directory traversal (in conjunction with CVE-2019-14511) because the mysql client can be used for CALL SNIPPETS and load_file operations on a full pathname (e.g., a file in the /etc directory). NOTE: this is unrelated to CMUSphinx.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | sphinxsearch | 2.2.11-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29050 |
| Debian:13 | sphinxsearch | 2.2.11-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29050 |
| Debian:14 | sphinxsearch | 2.2.11-3 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29050 |
| Ubuntu:22.04:LTS | sphinxsearch | no fix listed | UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29050 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://blog.wirhabenstil.de/2019/08/19/sphinxsearch-0-0-0-09306-cve-2019-14511/ x_refsource_MISC
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-29050 x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20220117 [SECURITY] [DLA 2882-1] sphinxsearch security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST