CVE-2022-4493 (published 2022-12-14T12:15Z)

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in scifio. Affected by this vulnerability is the function downloadAndUnpackResource of the file src/test/java/io/scif/util/DefaultSampleFilesService.java of the component ZIP File Handler. The manipulation leads to path traversal. The attack can be launched remotely. The name of the patch is fcb0dbca0ec72b22fe0c9ddc8abc9cb188a0ff31. It is recommended to apply a patch to fix this issue. The associated identifier of this vulnerability is VDB-215803.

CVSS v3 base score: 9.8, CRITICAL (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H)

Weakness information:
cwe_id: CWE-22
cwe_name: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
description: The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.
extended_description: 
            Many file operations are intended to take place within a restricted directory. By using special elements such as ".." and "/" separators, attackers can escape outside of the restricted location to access files or directories that are elsewhere on the system. One of the most common special elements is the "../" sequence, which in most modern operating systems is interpreted as the parent directory of the current location. This is referred to as relative path traversal. Path traversal also covers the use of absolute pathnames such as "/usr/local/bin" to access unexpected files. This is referred to as absolute path traversal.
         
         

Fix information:
repo_url: https://github.com/scifio/scifio
commit_details: repo_url: https://github.com/scifio/scifio
author: Jonathan Leitschuh
author_date: 2022-07-30 01:41:08+00:00
msg: vuln-fix: Zip Slip Vulnerability

This fixes a Zip-Slip vulnerability.

This change does one of two things. This change either

1. Inserts a guard to protect against Zip Slip.
OR
2. Replaces `dir.getCanonicalPath().startsWith(parent.getCanonicalPath())`, which is vulnerable to partial path traversal attacks, with the more secure `dir.getCanonicalFile().toPath().startsWith(parent.getCanonicalFile().toPath())`.

For number 2, consider `"/usr/outnot".startsWith("/usr/out")`.
The check is bypassed although `/outnot` is not under the `/out` directory.
It's important to understand that the terminating slash may be removed when using various `String` representations of the `File` object.
For example, on Linux, `println(new File("/var"))` will print `/var`, but `println(new File("/var", "/")` will print `/var/`;
however, `println(new File("/var", "/").getCanonicalPath())` will print `/var`.

Weakness: CWE-22: Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Severity: High
CVSSS: 7.4
Detection: CodeQL (https://codeql.github.com/codeql-query-help/java/java-zipslip/) & OpenRewrite (https://public.moderne.io/recipes/org.openrewrite.java.security.ZipSlip)

Reported-by: Jonathan Leitschuh <Jonathan.Leitschuh@gmail.com>
Signed-off-by: Jonathan Leitschuh <Jonathan.Leitschuh@gmail.com>

Bug-tracker: https://github.com/JLLeitschuh/security-research/issues/16

Co-authored-by: Moderne <team@moderne.io>
repository: repo_url: https://github.com/scifio/scifio
repo_name: scifio/scifio
description: SCientific Image Format Input & Output: a flexible, extensible framework for image I/O. *EXPERIMENTAL* All API is subject to change, so depend at your own risk! See also @openmicroscopy/bioformats.
repo_language: Java
owner: scifio
file_changes: filename: DefaultSampleFilesService.java
change_type: ModificationType.MODIFY
diff: @@ -159,6 +159,9 @@ public class DefaultSampleFilesService extends AbstractService implements
 				if (entry == null) break; // All done!
 				final String name = entry.getName();
 				final File outFile = new File(targetFolder, name);
+				if (!outFile.toPath().normalize().startsWith(targetFolder.toPath().normalize())) {
+					throw new RuntimeException("Bad zip entry");
+				}
 				if (entry.isDirectory()) {
 					outFile.mkdirs();
 				}

programming_language: Java