All errata/sisyphus/ALT-PU-2020-3173-1
ALT-PU-2020-3173-1

Package update nim-lang in branch sisyphus

Version1.4.0-alt1
Published2020-10-30
Max severityCRITICAL
Severity:

Closed issues (4)

CVE-2020-15692
CRITICAL9.8

In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library browsers mishandles the URL argument to browsers.openDefaultBrowser. This argument can be a local file path that will be opened in the default explorer. An attacker can pass one argument to the underlying open command to execute arbitrary registered system commands.

Published: 2020-08-14Modified: 2024-11-21
CVSS 2.0CRITICAL 10.0
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
CVSS 3.xCRITICAL 9.8
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVE-2020-15693
MEDIUM6.5

In Nim 1.2.4, the standard library httpClient is vulnerable to a CR-LF injection in the target URL. An injection is possible if the attacker controls any part of the URL provided in a call (such as httpClient.get or httpClient.post), the User-Agent header value, or custom HTTP header names or values.

Published: 2020-08-14Modified: 2024-11-21
CVSS 2.0MEDIUM 6.4
CVSS:2.0/AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
CVSS 3.xMEDIUM 6.5
CVSS:3.x/CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N