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Cherokee directory traversal flaw

Information

Severity

Severity

High

Family

Family

Gain a shell remotely

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

7.8

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

18 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

The remote version of Cherokee is vulnerable to directory traversal flaw when appending a '../' sequence to the web request. Additionally, this version fails to drop root privileges after it binds to listen port.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to Cherokee 0.2.8 or newer.

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