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JVNDB-2023-014781

Vulnerability from jvndb - Published: 2023-12-26 00:27 - Updated:2024-03-18 09:05

Severity

6.5 (Medium) - cvssV3_0 - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:H

Summary

Brother iPrint&Scan Desktop for Windows vulnerable to improper link resolution before file access

Details

iPrint&Scan Desktop for Windows provided by Brother Industries, Ltd. outputs logs to a certain log file. The affected version of the product does not check whether the log file is a normal file or a symbolic link to a certain file (CWE-59). Chris Au reported this vulnerability to Brother Industries, Ltd. and coordinated. Brother Industries, Ltd. and JPCERT/CC published respective advisories in order to notify users of this vulnerability.

References

Type

URL

	JVN	https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU97943829/
	CVE	https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-51654
	NVD	https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2023-51654
	Link Following(CWE-59)	https://www.ipa.go.jp/en/security/vulnerabilities/cwe.html

Impacted products

Vendor

Product

Brother Industries

Brother iPrint&Scan

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CVE-2023-51654 (GCVE-0-2023-51654)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2023-12-26 05:33 – Updated: 2024-08-02 22:40

Summary

Improper link resolution before file access ('Link Following') issue exists in iPrint&Scan Desktop for Windows versions 11.0.0 and earlier. A symlink attack by a malicious user may cause a Denial-of-service (DoS) condition on the PC.

Severity

No CVSS data available.

CWE

Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Assigner

jpcert jpcert root

References

1 reference

URL	Tags
https://jvn.jp/en/vu/JVNVU97943829/

Impacted products

1 product

Vendor	Product	Version
Brother Industries, Ltd.	iPrint&Scan Desktop for Windows	Affected: 11.0.0 and earlier

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