Path traversal in Resin - CVE-2012-2968
Published: August 12, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU43743
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2968
CWE-ID: CWE-22
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Caucho Technology
Affected software:
Resin
Resin
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 Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29,. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to create files in arbitrary directories via a . (dot dot) in a pathname within an HTTP request.
How to mitigate CVE-2012-2968
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