| Name | CVE-2017-5188 |
| Description | The bs_worker code in open build service before 20170320 followed relative symlinks, allowing reading of files outside of the package source directory during build, allowing leakage of private information. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| Debian Bugs | 900133 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| open-build-service (PTS) | stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 2.7.1-10+deb9u1 | vulnerable |
| bookworm | 2.9.4-9 | fixed |
| sid, trixie | 2.9.4-10 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[stretch] - open-build-service <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
Fixed by: https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/commit/00ec3c6f4132422f00d5c15e854755c331ef1661 (2.7.x)
https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/commit/8595d06570ded81d8514c8c5a147b250541bf388 (2.9.x)
A followup https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1029824 shows
it might be wise to disallow as well other types (devices, sockets,
directories, symlinks, ...) and needs:
https://github.com/openSUSE/open-build-service/commit/ba27c91351878bc297ec4baba0bd488a2f3b568d