CVE-2021-41149 is a vulnerability in Amazon Tough
Published on October 19, 2021
Improper sanitization of target names in tough
Tough provides a set of Rust libraries and tools for using and generating the update framework (TUF) repositories. The tough library, prior to 0.12.0, does not properly sanitize target names when caching a repository, or when saving specific targets to an output directory. When targets are cached or saved, files could be overwritten with arbitrary content anywhere on the system. A fix is available in version 0.12.0. No workarounds to this issue are known.
Vulnerability Analysis
CVE-2021-41149 can be exploited with network access, and requires small amount of user privileges. This vulnerability is consided to have a high level of attack complexity. The potential impact of an exploit of this vulnerability is considered to have a high impact on confidentiality and integrity, and no impact on availability.
Weakness Type
What is a Directory traversal Vulnerability?
The software 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 software 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.
CVE-2021-41149 has been classified to as a Directory traversal vulnerability or weakness.
Products Associated with CVE-2021-41149
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Affected Versions
awslabs tough Version < 0.12.0 is affected by CVE-2021-41149Exploit Probability
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