UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37378
- Source
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-37378
- Import Source
- https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2023/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37378.json
- JSON Data
- https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2023-37378
- Upstream
- Published
- 2023-07-03T20:15:00Z
- Modified
- 2025-07-14T07:01:36.995842Z
- Severity
-
- 5.3 (Medium) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N CVSS Calculator
- Ubuntu - medium
- Summary
- [none]
- Details
-
Nullsoft Scriptable Install System (NSIS) before 3.09 mishandles access control for an uninstaller directory.
- References
-
- https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2023-37378
- https://github.com/kichik/nsis/commit/c40cf78994e74a1a3a381a850c996b251e3277c0
- https://github.com/kichik/nsis/commit/409b5841479c44fbf33a6ba97c1146e46f965467
- https://github.com/kichik/nsis/commit/281e2851fe669d10e0650fc89d0e7fb74a598967
- http://sf.net/p/nsis/bugs/1296
- https://sourceforge.net/p/nsis/news/2023/07/nsis-309-released/
- https://nsis.sourceforge.io/Docs/AppendixF.html#v3.09
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2023-37378
Affected packages
Ubuntu:Pro:14.04:LTS / nsis
Package
- Name
- nsis
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/nsis@2.46-7ubuntu0.1~esm1?arch=source&distro=esm-infra-legacy/trusty
Ubuntu:Pro:16.04:LTS / nsis
Package
- Name
- nsis
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/nsis@2.50-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/xenial
Ubuntu:Pro:18.04:LTS / nsis
Package
- Name
- nsis
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/nsis@2.51-1?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/bionic
Ubuntu:Pro:20.04:LTS / nsis
Package
- Name
- nsis
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/nsis@3.05-2?arch=source&distro=esm-apps/focal
Ubuntu:22.04:LTS / nsis
Package
- Name
- nsis
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/nsis@3.08-2?arch=source&distro=jammy
Ubuntu:24.04:LTS / nsis
Package
- Name
- nsis
- Purl
- pkg:deb/ubuntu/nsis@3.09-4ubuntu1?arch=source&distro=noble