CVE-2020-29050: SphinxSearch in Sphinx Technologies Sphinx through 3.1.1 allows directory traversal (in conjunction with CVE-2019-14511) because the mysql client can be used…

PriorityP341high7.5CVSS 3.1

AVNACLPRNUINSUCHINAN

EPSS

2.17%

80.5th percentile

SphinxSearch in Sphinx Technologies Sphinx through 3.1.1 allows directory traversal (in conjunction with CVE-2019-14511) because the mysql client can be used for CALL SNIPPETS and load_file operations on a full pathname (e.g., a file in the /etc directory). NOTE: this is unrelated to CMUSphinx.

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	sphinxsearch	< sphinxsearch 2.2.11-3 (bookworm)	sphinxsearch 2.2.11-3 (bookworm)
sphinxsearch	sphinx	<= 3.1.1	—

CVSS provenance

nvdv3.17.5HIGHCVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvdv2.05.0MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv7.5HIGH

vendor_debian7.5HIGH

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