CVE-2017-5188 describes a vulnerability in openSUSE's Open Build Service (before version 20170320) where the bs_worker code improperly followed relative symlinks. This allowed an attacker to read files outside of the package source directory during a build, potentially leading to the leakage of private information. The vulnerability is rated as High severity (CVSS 7.5), indicating a network-based attack with low complexity and high confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.7.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:open_build_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
< 20170320CPE match | cpe:2.3:a:opensuse:open_build_service:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 3.0
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.1 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.