40202 : CherryPy Session ID Directory Traversal
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Disclosure Date
2008-01-07

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2008-0252" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : 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.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to development version 3.1b1 and in the SVN repository or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2008-0252 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 27181
Secunia Advisory ID: 28353 28354 28611 28620 28769
ISS X-Force ID: 39444
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2008-0039
Other Advisory URL: http://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/debian-security-announce-2008/msg00044.html
http://lists.rpath.com/pipermail/security-announce/2008-January/000307.html
http://www.cherrypy.org/ticket/744
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200801-11.xml
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00297.html
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1774
http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1775
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1776
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204829

Tools & Filters

	30189

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 7.5
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2008-01-14 | Disagree?

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