Path traversal in Wildfly - CVE-2018-1047

 

Path traversal in Wildfly - CVE-2018-1047

Published: April 26, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12207
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-1047
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Wildfly

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists in the org.wildfly.extension.undertow.deployment.ServletResourceManager.getResource method due to path traversal. A remote attacker can gain access to arbitrary local files.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-1047

Update to versions 12.0.0.Beta1 or 12.0.0.Final.

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