Bug 1218298 (CVE-2023-44451) - VUL-0: CVE-2023-44451: xreader: path traversal during file extraction
Summary: VUL-0: CVE-2023-44451: xreader: path traversal during file extraction
Status: NEW
Alias: CVE-2023-44451
Product: openSUSE Distribution
Classification: openSUSE
Component: Security (show other bugs)
Version: Leap 15.4
Hardware: Other Other
: P3 - Medium : Major (vote)
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Assignee: andy great
QA Contact: Security Team bot
URL: https://smash.suse.de/issue/388936/
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Reported: 2023-12-21 08:45 UTC by SMASH SMASH
Modified: 2024-01-28 11:35 UTC (History)
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Description SMASH SMASH 2023-12-21 08:45:10 UTC 
This vulnerability allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code on affected installations of Linux Mint Xreader. User interaction is required to exploit this vulnerability in that the target must visit a malicious page or open a malicious file.

The specific flaw exists within the parsing of EPUB files. The issue results from the lack of proper validation of a user-supplied path prior to using it in file operations. An attacker can leverage this vulnerability to execute code in the context of the current user.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2023-44451
https://www.zerodayinitiative.com/advisories/ZDI-23-1835/
Comment 1 OBSbugzilla Bot 2024-01-28 11:35:02 UTC 
This is an autogenerated message for OBS integration:
This bug (1218298) was mentioned in
https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/1142074 Factory / xreader