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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-0252: CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability

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Gentoo Linux: CVE-2008-0252: CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
01/11/2008
Created
07/25/2018
Added
10/30/2017
Modified
10/30/2017

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the _get_file_path function in (1) lib/sessions.py in CherryPy 3.0.x up to 3.0.2, (2) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.1, and (3) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.x allows remote attackers to create or delete arbitrary files, and possibly read and write portions of arbitrary files, via a crafted session id in a cookie.

Solution(s)

  • gentoo-linux-upgrade-dev-python-cherrypy

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