Path traversal in Vert.x-Web - CVE-2023-24815

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Path traversal in Vert.x-Web - CVE-2023-24815

Published: June 22, 2023


Vulnerability identifier: #VU77643
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 8.2 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]
CVE-ID: CVE-2023-24815
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, when running vertx web applications that serve files using `StaticHandler` on Windows Operating Systems and Windows File Systems, if the mount point is a wildcard (`*`). A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.


Affected software

Vert.x-Web
IBM Cloud Pak for Watson AIOps
IBM Application Suite - IBM Asset Data Dictionary Component
Dell Data Protection Central
Red Hat Camel for Spring Boot
Cryostat
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation

How to mitigate CVE-2023-24815

Install update from vendor's website.

Vert.x-Web - update to 4.3.8
Red Hat Camel for Spring Boot - update to 3.20.1 Patch 1
Cryostat - update to 2.4.0
IBM Application Suite - IBM Asset Data Dictionary Component - addressed in versions 8.9.9, 8.10.4
Dell Data Protection Central - update to 19.11.0-2
IBM Cloud Pak for Business Automation - addressed in versions 21.0.3.24, 23.0.1.2

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