CVE - CVE-2021-41281

CVE-ID
CVE-2021-41281	Learn more at National Vulnerability Database (NVD) • CVSS Severity Rating • Fix Information • Vulnerable Software Versions • SCAP Mappings • CPE Information
Description
Synapse is a package for Matrix homeservers written in Python 3/Twisted. Prior to version 1.47.1, Synapse instances with the media repository enabled can be tricked into downloading a file from a remote server into an arbitrary directory. No authentication is required for the affected endpoint. The last 2 directories and file name of the path are chosen randomly by Synapse and cannot be controlled by an attacker, which limits the impact. Homeservers with the media repository disabled are unaffected. Homeservers with a federation whitelist are also unaffected, since Synapse will check the remote hostname, including the trailing `../`s, against the whitelist. Server administrators should upgrade to 1.47.1 or later. Server administrators using a reverse proxy could, at the expense of losing media functionality, may block the certain endpoints as a workaround. Alternatively, non-containerized deployments can be adapted to use the hardened systemd config.
References
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CONFIRM:https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-3hfw-x7gx-437c URL:https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/security/advisories/GHSA-3hfw-x7gx-437c FEDORA:FEDORA-2021-2f9dcdbace URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/N3WY56LCEZ4ZECLWV5KMAXF2PSMUB4F2/ FEDORA:FEDORA-2021-9758549fce URL:https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/EU7QRE55U4IUEDLKT5IYPWL3UXMELFAS/ MISC:https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/91f2bd090 URL:https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/commit/91f2bd090 MISC:https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.47.1 URL:https://github.com/matrix-org/synapse/releases/tag/v1.47.1
Assigning CNA
GitHub (maintainer security advisories)
Date Record Created
20210915	Disclaimer: The record creation date may reflect when the CVE ID was allocated or reserved, and does not necessarily indicate when this vulnerability was discovered, shared with the affected vendor, publicly disclosed, or updated in CVE.
Phase (Legacy)
Assigned (20210915)
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