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The (1) filesystem::get_wml_location function in...

Low severity Unreviewed Published May 17, 2022 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Feb 3, 2023

Package

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Affected versions

Unknown

Patched versions

Unknown

Description

The (1) filesystem::get_wml_location function in filesystem.cpp and (2) is_legal_file function in filesystem_boost.cpp in Battle for Wesnoth before 1.12.4 and 1.13.x before 1.13.1, when a case-insensitive filesystem is used, allow remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via vectors related to inclusion of .pbl files from WML. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2015-5069.

References

Published by the National Vulnerability Database Sep 26, 2017
Published to the GitHub Advisory Database May 17, 2022
Last updated Feb 3, 2023

Severity

Low
3.1
/ 10

CVSS base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
High
Privileges required
Low
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
None
Availability
None
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2015-5070

GHSA ID

GHSA-3rx6-q2qg-r8cc

Source code

No known source code

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