Path traversal in Undertow - CVE-2024-1459

Vulnerability identifier: #VU92202

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 6.9 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2024-1459

CWE-ID: CWE-22

Exploitation vector: Remote access

Exploit availability: No public exploit available

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences. A remote attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and read arbitrary files on the system.

Undertow
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data
eap8-undertow (Red Hat package)
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform
IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions

Install update from vendor's website.

Undertow - update to 2.3.12
IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog in Cloud Pak for Data - addressed in versions 4.8.9, 5.1.3
eap8-undertow (Red Hat package) - addressed in versions 2.3.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el8eap, 2.3.11-1.SP1_redhat_00001.1.el9eap
JBoss Enterprise Application Platform - update to 8.0
IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions - update to 8.0.6

• https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-1459
• https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2259475
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2763
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:2764
• https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2024:1677

• Multiple vulnerabilities in Undertow
• Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform update for undertow
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Business Automation Manager Open Editions
• Multiple vulnerabilities in IBM Watson Knowledge Catalog