CVE-2021-3013
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
5.5
Description
ripgrep before 13 on Windows allows attackers to trigger execution of arbitrary programs from the current working directory via the -z/--search-zip or --pre flag.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
30%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| arch | affected | | |
| debian | bookworm | fixed | 0 |
| debian | bullseye | fixed | 0 |
| debian | forky | fixed | 0 |
| debian | sid | fixed | 0 |
| debian | trixie | fixed | 0 |
References
- https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/issues/1773
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2021-3013
- https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep
- https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/e48a17e1891e1ea9dd06ba0e48d5fb140ca7c0c4/CHANGELOG.md
- https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md
- https://github.com/BurntSushi/ripgrep/blob/master/CHANGELOG.md#1300-2021-06-12
- https://rustsec.org/advisories/RUSTSEC-2021-0071.html
- https://crates.io/crates/grep-cli
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2021-3013
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.