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CVE-2017-14804: package builds could use directory traversal to write outside of target area

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2018-03-01 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-22

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.

Affected products

• openSUSE Leap: 42.2, 42.3
• SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit: 11-sp4, 12-sp2, 12-sp3

References

• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-12/msg00024.html
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-12/msg00025.html
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00030.html
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-12/msg00024.html
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2017-12/msg00025.html
• https://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2018-01/msg00030.html

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