Path traversal in Undertow - CVE-2014-7816
Published: August 13, 2019
Vulnerability identifier: #VU20070
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:A/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-7816
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
Public exploit is available
Vendor: Red Hat Inc.
Affected software:
Undertow
Undertow
Detailed vulnerability description
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 JBoss Undertow 1.0.x before 1.0.17, 1.1.x before 1.1.0.CR5, and 1.2.x before 1.2.0.Beta3, when running on Windows. A remote non-authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request containing directory traversal sequences and view contents of arbitrary files on the server.
How to mitigate CVE-2014-7816
Install update from vendor's website.