[ GLSA 200605-16 ] CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability

[Stefan Cornelius <dercorny () gentoo org>]

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory                           GLSA 200605-16
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                                            http://security.gentoo.org/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

  Severity: Low
     Title: CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability
      Date: May 30, 2006
      Bugs: #134273
        ID: 200605-16

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Synopsis
========

CherryPy is vulnerable to a directory traversal that could allow
attackers to read arbitrary files.

Background
==========

CherryPy is a Python-based, object-oriented web development framework.

Affected packages
=================

    -------------------------------------------------------------------
     Package              /  Vulnerable  /                  Unaffected
    -------------------------------------------------------------------
  1  dev-python/cherrypy       < 2.1.1                        >= 2.1.1

Description
===========

Ivo van der Wijk discovered that the "staticfilter" component of
CherryPy fails to sanitize input correctly.

Impact
======

An attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain arbitrary files from the
web server.

Workaround
==========

There is no known workaround at this time.

Resolution
==========

All CherryPy users should upgrade to the latest version:

    # emerge --sync
    # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cherrypy-2.1.1"

References
==========

  [ 1 ] CVE-2006-0847
        http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0847

Availability
============

This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:

  http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-16.xml

Concerns?
=========

Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the
confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost
importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to
security () gentoo org or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.

License
=======

Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text
belongs to its owner(s).

The contents of this document are licensed under the
Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license.

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5

Attachment: _bin
Description: