CVE catalog
CVE-2020-29050
sphinxsearch: CVE-2020-29050
- Severity
- High · CVSS 7.5
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N - Published
- Source
- [NVD] · [CVE record]
- EPSS
- 2.17% · Oct 25, 2026
SphinxSearch in Sphinx Technologies Sphinx through 3.1.1 allows directory traversal (in conjunction with CVE-2019-14511) because the mysql client can be used for CALL SNIPPETS and load_file operations on a full pathname (e.g., a file in the /etc directory). NOTE: this is unrelated to CMUSphinx.
Vulnerable and fixed packages
Distribution-reported package versions and fixes. These do not depend on matching against the OpenFactory package catalog.
| Distribution | Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sphinxsearch | sid | 2.2.11-11 | fixed |
| Debian | sphinxsearch | forky | 2.2.11-11 | fixed |
| Debian | sphinxsearch | trixie | 2.2.11-8 | fixed |
| Debian | sphinxsearch | bookworm | 2.2.11-8 | fixed |
| Opensuse | sphinx | leap 15.4 | 2.2.11-lp154.3.3.1 | fixed |
| Opensuse | sphinx | leap 15.3 | 2.2.11-lp153.2.3.1 | fixed |
| Ubuntu | sphinxsearch | 16.04 | 2.0.4-1.1ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sphinxsearch | 16.04 | 2.2.9-1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sphinxsearch | 16.04 | 2.2.9-1build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sphinxsearch | 18.04 | 2.2.11-2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sphinxsearch | 20.04 | 2.2.11-2build1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sphinxsearch | 20.04 | 2.2.11-2ubuntu1 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sphinxsearch | 20.04 | 2.2.11-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sphinxsearch | 22.04 | 2.2.11-2ubuntu2 | vulnerable |
| Ubuntu | sphinxsearch | 22.04 | 2.2.11-8 | vulnerable |
Fixed-version evidence
| Distribution | Package | Type | Release | Fixed version | Urgency | Origin | Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Debian | sphinxsearch | source | sid | 2.2.11-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | sphinxsearch | source | forky | 2.2.11-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | sphinxsearch | source | trixie | 2.2.11-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Debian | sphinxsearch | source | bookworm | 2.2.11-3 | not yet assigned | Not reported | Not reported |
| Opensuse | sphinx | rpm | leap 15.4 | 2.2.11-lp154.3.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0046-1 | Not reported |
| Opensuse | sphinx | rpm | leap 15.3 | 2.2.11-lp153.2.3.1 | Not reported | OPENSUSE-SU-2022:0054-1 | Not reported |
OpenFactory catalog packages
[Debian 12 (Bookworm)]
- [sphinxsearch]Fixed
Source package: [sphinxsearch]
Details (2)
2.2.11-8+b1· amd64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.2.11-3dsa · sphinxsearch · debian · bookworm; dsa · sphinxsearch · debian · 12
2.2.11-8+b1· arm64 · bookwormFixed · Fixed:
2.2.11-3dsa · sphinxsearch · debian · bookworm; dsa · sphinxsearch · debian · 12
[Debian 13 (Trixie)]
- [sphinxsearch]Fixed
Source package: [sphinxsearch]
Details (2)
2.2.11-8+b4· amd64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.2.11-3dsa · sphinxsearch · debian · 13
2.2.11-8+b5· arm64 · trixieFixed · Fixed:
2.2.11-3dsa · sphinxsearch · debian · 13
Observed:
References
- [https://ftp.suse.com/pub/projects/security/csaf/opensuse-su-2022_0046-1.json]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2020-29050]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-2882-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DSA-5036-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2020-29050]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2022:0046-1]
- [https://osv.dev/vulnerability/openSUSE-SU-2022:0054-1]
- [https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2020-29050]
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