Path traversal in hawtio - CVE-2017-2594

 

Path traversal in hawtio - CVE-2017-2594

Published: May 10, 2018 / Updated: May 10, 2018


Vulnerability identifier: #VU12523
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:L/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2017-2594
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: hawtio
Affected software:
hawtio

Detailed vulnerability description

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

The weakness exists due to an unspecified condition that leads to a NullPointerException with a full stacktrace. A remote attacker can trigger path traversal and gain access to potentially sensitive information from within the root directory.

How to mitigate CVE-2017-2594

Update to versions 2.0-beta-1, 2.0-beta-2, 2.0-m1, 2.0-m2, 2.0-m3 and 1.5.

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