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[Full-disclosure] [ GLSA 200605-16 ] CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability

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Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-16


                                        http://security.gentoo.org/

Severity: Low
Title: CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability
Date: May 30, 2006
Bugs: #134273
ID: 200605-16


Synopsis

CherryPy is vulnerable to a directory traversal that could allow
attackers to read arbitrary files.

Background

CherryPy is a Python-based, object-oriented web development framework.

Affected packages

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 Package              /  Vulnerable  /                  Unaffected
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1 dev-python/cherrypy < 2.1.1 >= 2.1.1

Description

Ivo van der Wijk discovered that the "staticfilter" component of
CherryPy fails to sanitize input correctly.

Impact

An attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain arbitrary files from the
web server.

Workaround

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution

All CherryPy users should upgrade to the latest version:

# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose &quot;&gt;=dev-python/cherrypy-2.1.1&quot;

References

[ 1 ] CVE-2006-0847
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0847

Availability

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-16.xml

Concerns?

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
[email protected] or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License

Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5