CVE-2019-14751
Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
CWE-22
Path Traversal
Publication date:
22/08/2019
Last modified:
07/11/2023
Description
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.
Impact
Base Score 3.x
7.50
Severity 3.x
HIGH
Base Score 2.0
5.00
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM
Vulnerable products and versions
| CPE | From | Up to |
|---|---|---|
| cpe:2.3:a:nltk:nltk:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | 3.4.5 (excluding) |
To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-03/msg00054.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2020-04/msg00001.html
- https://github.com/mssalvatore/CVE-2019-14751_PoC
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/blob/3.4.5/ChangeLog
- https://github.com/nltk/nltk/commit/f59d7ed8df2e0e957f7f247fe218032abdbe9a10
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/QI4IJGLZQ5S7C5LNRNROHAO2P526XE3D/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ZGZSSEJH7RHH3RBUEVWWYT75QU67J7SE/
- https://salvatoresecurity.com/zip-slip-in-nltk-cve-2019-14751/



