Path traversal in uWSGI - CVE-2018-7490

Vulnerability identifier: #VU11219

CSH Severity: Low

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2018-7490

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: Public exploit is available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to obtain potentially sensitive information on the target system.

The weakness exists due to improper file path validation when requesting a resource under the DOCUMENT_ROOT directory. A remote attacker can cause path traversal and gain access to potentially sensitive information.

uWSGI
Debian Linux
Fedora
uwsgi (Alpine package)
uwsgi

Update to version 2.0.17.

uwsgi (Alpine package) - update to 2.0.17-r0
uwsgi - addressed in versions 2.0.17.1-1.el6, 2.0.17.1-1.el7, 2.0.17.1-1.fc27, 2.0.17.1-1.fc28

• Exploit #6254 - uWSGI < 2.0.17 - Directory Traversal (June 17, 2021)

• https://uwsgi-docs.readthedocs.io/en/latest/Changelog-2.0.17.html

• Debian update for uwsgi
• Path traversal in uwsgi (Alpine package)
• Fedora EPEL 6 update for uwsgi
• Fedora EPEL 7 update for uwsgi
• Fedora 27 update for uwsgi
• Fedora 28 update for uwsgi