SB2016011210 - Path traversal in Fedoraproject Fedora

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SB2016011210 - Path traversal in Fedoraproject Fedora

Published: January 12, 2016 Updated: August 9, 2020

Security Bulletin ID SB2016011210
CSH Severity
Medium
Patch available
NO
Number of vulnerabilities 1
Exploitation vector Remote access
Highest impact Information disclosure

Breakdown by Severity

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Description

This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.


1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1231)

CWE-ID: CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')

CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green


The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in Prosody 0.9.x before 0.9.9. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a . (dot dot) in an unspecified path.


Remediation

Cybersecurity Help is not aware of any official remediation provided by the vendor.

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