Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Resin - CVE-2012-2969

 

Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls in Resin - CVE-2012-2969

Published: August 12, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU43744
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2012-2969
CWE-ID: CWE-264
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Caucho Technology
Affected software:
Resin

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to manipulate or delete data.

Caucho Quercus, as distributed in Resin before 4.0.29, allows remote attackers to bypass intended restrictions on filename extensions for created files via a %00 sequence in a pathname within an HTTP request.


How to mitigate CVE-2012-2969

Install update from vendor's website.

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