Path traversal in Foreman - CVE-2014-4507
Published: June 20, 2014 / Updated: June 21, 2023
Vulnerability identifier: #VU41537
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2014-4507
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vulnerability details
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 Smart-Proxy in Foreman before 1.4.5 and 1.5.x before 1.5.1. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to overwrite arbitrary files via a . (dot dot) in the dst parameter to tftp/fetch_boot_file.
Affected software
Foreman
How to mitigate CVE-2014-4507
Install update from vendor's website.