ArchLinux: 202102-38: isync: directory traversal
Summary
A security issue was found in isync/mbsync before versions 1.3.5 and 1.4.1. Validations of the mailbox names returned by IMAP LIST/LSUB do not occur, allowing a malicious or compromised server to use specially crafted mailbox names containing '..' path components to access data outside the designated mailbox on the opposite end of the synchronization channel.
Resolution
Upgrade to 1.3.5-1.
# pacman -Syu "isync>=1.3.5-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 1.3.5.
References
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2021/02/22/1 https://sourceforge.net/p/isync/isync/ci/fe5d59f8e3169944e57eb1c60155c9ebd4912d48/ https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2021-20247
Workaround
None.