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CVE-2017-14804

package builds could use directory traversal to write outside of target area

Description

The build package before 20171128 did not check directory names during extraction of build results that allowed untrusted builds to write outside of the target system,allowing escape out of buildroots.

Timeline

  1. ID reserved

    By microfocus

  2. · 5 months later

    Published

  3. · 7 years later

    Record updated

Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.

Scores

CVSS scores of CVE-2017-14804, by who scored it
Scored byCVSSScoreVector
microfocusCNA (assigner)3.0Critical9.9CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:H/I:H/A:H
NVDNVD · Modified3.0Medium5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
1.7% · top 22% of all CVEs (9 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Critical 9.9.

Affected products

  • SUSE · build

    • affected unspecified – ≤ 20171128

What to do

Exploitation: Can be found in https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1069904

References

3

Sources

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