SB2014093016 - Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in perl-plack (Alpine package)
Published: September 30, 2014
Security Bulletin ID
SB2014093016
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls (CVE-ID: CVE-2014-5269)
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
Plack::App::File in Plack before 1.0031 removes trailing slash characters from paths, which allows remote attackers to bypass the whitelist of generated files and obtain sensitive information via a crafted path, related to Plack::Middleware::Static.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.