Bug 1175334 – VUL-0: CVE-2020-15692: nim: mishandle of argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser

Bug 1175334 - (CVE-2020-15692) VUL-0: CVE-2020-15692: nim: mishandle of argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser

(CVE-2020-15692)
Summary:	VUL-0: CVE-2020-15692: nim: mishandle of argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser

Status:	IN_PROGRESS

Classification:	openSUSE
Product:	openSUSE Distribution
Classification:	openSUSE
Component:	Basesystem
Version:	Leap 15.3
Hardware:	Other Other

Priority:	P3 - Medium Severity: Minor (vote)
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Assigned To:	Security Team bot
QA Contact:	Security Team bot

URL:	https://smash.suse.de/issue/265341/
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Reported:	2020-08-17 07:07 UTC by Alexander Bergmann
Modified:	2022-09-12 14:35 UTC (History)
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Description Alexander Bergmann 2020-08-17 07:07:43 UTC

CVE-2020-15692

In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to
browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be
opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the
underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.

References:
http://web.nvd.nist.gov/view/vuln/detail?vulnId=CVE-2020-15692
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-15692
https://github.com/nim-lang/Nim/blob/dc5a40f3f39c6ea672e6dc6aca7f8118a69dda99/lib/pure/browsers.nim#L48
https://nim-lang.org/blog/2020/07/30/versions-126-and-108-released.html

Comment 1 David Anes 2022-08-10 11:14:05 UTC

Codestream                  Vers.           Request
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Leap:15.1:Update            0.19.6 EOL [4]
Leap:15.2:Update            1.2.12 EOL [4]
Backports:SLE-15:Update     0.19.6 EOL [4]
Backports:SLE-15-SP1:Update 0.19.6 EOL [4]
Backports:SLE-15-SP2:Update 1.2.12 EOL [4]
Backports:SLE-15-SP3:Update 0.19.6 -> 1.6.6 [1]
Backports:SLE-15-SP4:Update 1.2.12 -> 1.6.6 [1]
Factory                     1.6.6 [3] (already there, make the CVE explicitly in changelog)

[1] https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/994306
[2] https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/994305
[3] https://build.opensuse.org/request/show/994303
[4] We are still building up-to-date packages for all Leap and SLE >= 15
in the development project:
* https://build.opensuse.org/package/show/devel:languages:misc/nim

Comment 2 Swamp Workflow Management 2022-08-24 07:16:18 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2022:10095-1: An update that fixes 9 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1175332,1175333,1175334,1181705,1185083,1185084,1185085,1185948,1192712
CVE References: CVE-2020-15690,CVE-2020-15692,CVE-2020-15693,CVE-2020-15694,CVE-2021-21372,CVE-2021-21373,CVE-2021-21374,CVE-2021-29495,CVE-2021-41259
JIRA References: 
Sources used:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP3 (src):    nim-1.6.6-bp153.2.3.1

Comment 3 Swamp Workflow Management 2022-08-27 16:16:08 UTC

openSUSE-SU-2022:10101-1: An update that fixes 9 vulnerabilities is now available.

Category: security (important)
Bug References: 1175332,1175333,1175334,1181705,1185083,1185084,1185085,1185948,1192712
CVE References: CVE-2020-15690,CVE-2020-15692,CVE-2020-15693,CVE-2020-15694,CVE-2021-21372,CVE-2021-21373,CVE-2021-21374,CVE-2021-29495,CVE-2021-41259
JIRA References: 
Sources used:
openSUSE Backports SLE-15-SP4 (src):    nim-1.6.6-bp154.2.3.1

Comment 4 David Anes 2022-09-12 14:35:07 UTC

All done. Assigning back to security.