What is the severity of CVE-2023-50255?

CVE-2023-50255 is rated as a critical vulnerability due to its potential for remote command execution.

How do I fix CVE-2023-50255?

To mitigate CVE-2023-50255, users should update deepin-compressor to version 5.12.21 or later.

What systems are affected by CVE-2023-50255?

CVE-2023-50255 affects versions of deepin-compressor prior to 5.12.21 on Deepin Linux OS.

What type of vulnerability is CVE-2023-50255?

CVE-2023-50255 is a path traversal vulnerability that can lead to remote command execution.

What can attackers do with CVE-2023-50255?

Attackers can exploit CVE-2023-50255 to execute arbitrary commands on the target system by opening specially crafted archives.

Vulnerability/
CVE-2023-50255

critical

9.3

CWE

23 26 22

27/12/2023

2/8/2024

CVE-2023-50255: Zip Path Traversal in Deepin-Compressor

First published: Wed Dec 27 2023(Updated: )

Deepin-Compressor is the default archive manager of Deepin Linux OS. Prior to 5.12.21, there's a path traversal vulnerability in deepin-compressor that can be exploited to achieve Remote Command Execution on the target system upon opening crafted archives. Users are advised to update to version 5.12.21 which addresses the issue. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability.

Credit: security-advisories@github.com

Affected Software	Affected Version	How to fix
Deepin Deepin-compressor	<5.12.21

Remedy

https://github.com/linuxdeepin/deepin-compressor/commit/82f668c78c133873f5094cfab6e4eabc0b70e4b6

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-50255?
CVE-2023-50255 is rated as a critical vulnerability due to its potential for remote command execution.
How do I fix CVE-2023-50255?
To mitigate CVE-2023-50255, users should update deepin-compressor to version 5.12.21 or later.
What systems are affected by CVE-2023-50255?
CVE-2023-50255 affects versions of deepin-compressor prior to 5.12.21 on Deepin Linux OS.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2023-50255?
CVE-2023-50255 is a path traversal vulnerability that can lead to remote command execution.
What can attackers do with CVE-2023-50255?
Attackers can exploit CVE-2023-50255 to execute arbitrary commands on the target system by opening specially crafted archives.

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Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2023-50255?
CVE-2023-50255 is rated as a critical vulnerability due to its potential for remote command execution.
How do I fix CVE-2023-50255?
To mitigate CVE-2023-50255, users should update deepin-compressor to version 5.12.21 or later.
What systems are affected by CVE-2023-50255?
CVE-2023-50255 affects versions of deepin-compressor prior to 5.12.21 on Deepin Linux OS.
What type of vulnerability is CVE-2023-50255?
CVE-2023-50255 is a path traversal vulnerability that can lead to remote command execution.
What can attackers do with CVE-2023-50255?
Attackers can exploit CVE-2023-50255 to execute arbitrary commands on the target system by opening specially crafted archives.