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CherryPy "staticfilter" Directory Traversal Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA18944
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Release Date:
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2006-02-21
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Last Update:
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2006-02-27
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Popularity:
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6,542 views
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Critical:
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Moderately critical
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Impact:
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Exposure of sensitive information
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| Software: | CherryPy 2.x
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| Advisory Content (Page 1 of 3) | [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] | |
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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in CherryPy, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose potentially sensitive information.
The vulnerability is caused due to an input validation error in the "staticfilter" functionality. This can be exploited to read arbitrary files on an affected system via requests containing the ".." directory traversal sequences in the URL.
The vulnerability has been reported in versions prior to 2.1.1.
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