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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.