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From: Stefan Cornelius <dercorny@g.o>
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Subject: [gentoo-announce] [ GLSA 200605-16 ] CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability
Date: Tue, 30 May 2006 13:35:43
Message-Id: 200605301520.37722.dercorny@gentoo.org
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7 Severity: Low
8 Title: CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability
9 Date: May 30, 2006
10 Bugs: #134273
11 ID: 200605-16
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15 Synopsis
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18 CherryPy is vulnerable to a directory traversal that could allow
19 attackers to read arbitrary files.
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21 Background
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24 CherryPy is a Python-based, object-oriented web development framework.
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26 Affected packages
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30 Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
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32 1 dev-python/cherrypy < 2.1.1 >= 2.1.1
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34 Description
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37 Ivo van der Wijk discovered that the "staticfilter" component of
38 CherryPy fails to sanitize input correctly.
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40 Impact
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43 An attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain arbitrary files from the
44 web server.
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46 Workaround
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49 There is no known workaround at this time.
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51 Resolution
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54 All CherryPy users should upgrade to the latest version:
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56 # emerge --sync
57 # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cherrypy-2.1.1"
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59 References
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62 [ 1 ] CVE-2006-0847
63 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0847
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65 Availability
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68 This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
69 the Gentoo Security Website:
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71 http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-16.xml
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73 Concerns?
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76 Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
77 confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
78 importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
79 security@g.o or alternatively, you may file a bug at
80 http://bugs.gentoo.org.
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82 License
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85 Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
86 belongs to its owner(s).
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88 The contents of this document are licensed under the
89 Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.
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91 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5