PT-2024-31807 · Nix · Nix

Published 2024-09-10 · Updated 2024-09-12 · CVE-2024-45845

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: nix versions 2.24 through 2.24.5

Description: The issue allows directory traversal via a symlink in a nar file due to mishandling of a directory containing a symlink and a directory of the same name.

Recommendations: For versions 2.24 through 2.24.5, consider restricting access to nar files and symlinks to minimize the risk of exploitation until a patch is available. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2024-45845

Affected Products

Nix

References · 13

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-45845 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2024-45845 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-45845 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2024-45845 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2024-45845 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/NixOS/nix/tags · Note
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=41492994 · Note
• https://puckipedia.com/7hkj-98sq/qixt · Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/93938 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/VulmonFeeds/status/1833490511476191479 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvedetector/5225 · Telegram Post
• https://twitter.com/CVEnew/status/1833463862873530472 · Twitter Post
• https://t.me/cvenotify/93965 · Telegram Post