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Critical · 9.8 CVE-2023-31039 EUVD-2023-35376GHSA-8fwm-xh4w-q393

Apache bRPC: ServerOptions.pid_file may cause arbitrary code execution

Published May 8, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025 · Assigned by apache

Description

Security vulnerability in Apache bRPC <1.5.0 on all platforms allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via ServerOptions::pid_file.
An attacker that can influence the ServerOptions pid_file parameter with which the bRPC server is started can execute arbitrary code with the permissions of the bRPC process.

Solution:
1. upgrade to bRPC >= 1.5.0, download link:  https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/brpc/1.5.0/ https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/brpc/1.5.0/
2. If you are using an old version of bRPC and hard to upgrade, you can apply this patch:  https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/2218 https://github.com/apache/brpc/pull/2218

Affected products

VendorProductAffectedFixed
Apache Software Foundation Apache bRPC 0.9.0 – < 1.5.0 1.5.0

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