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.

The Unity Linux 20 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the UTSA-2026-016628 advisory.

    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.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Unity Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - 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. (CVE-2020-29050)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - 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. (CVE-2020-29050)

The remote SUSE Linux SUSE15 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the openSUSE-SU-2022:0054-1 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2020-29050)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 9 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-2882 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2020-29050)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

The remote Debian 10 host has a package installed that is affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dsa-5036 advisory.

  - 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. (CVE-2020-29050)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
316192	Unity Linux 20.1060e / 20.1070e Security Update: sphinx (UTSA-2026-016628)	Nessus	Unity Linux Local Security Checks	high
255732	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2020-29050	Nessus	Misc.	high
400081	Alpine: multiple sphinx packages: security update to 2.2.11-r6 (deprecated)	Tenable Cloud Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
400081	Alpine: multiple sphinx packages: security update to 2.2.11-r6 (deprecated)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	Alpine Linux Local Security Checks	high
158508	openSUSE 15 Security Update : sphinx (openSUSE-SU-2022:0054-1)	Nessus	SuSE Local Security Checks	high
156770	Debian DLA-2882-1 : sphinxsearch - LTS security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high
156547	Debian DSA-5036-1 : sphinxsearch - security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	high

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