64918 : html2ps SSI include Directive Traversal Arbitrary File Access
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-09-25

Days of Exposure
224 days

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2009-5067" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Directory traversal vulnerability in html2ps before 1.0b6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the "include file" SSI directive. NOTE: this issue only might be a vulnerability in limited scenarios, such as if html2ps is invoked by a web application, or if a user-assisted attacker provides filenames whose contents could cause a denial of service, such as certain devices.

Classification

Location: Local Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Public
Disclosure: Vendor Verified, Uncoordinated Disclosure

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.0b7 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

Exploit Database: 10012
CVE ID: 2009-5067 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 36524
Secunia Advisory ID: 39957
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548633
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041867.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2010-May/041883.html
http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps-1.0b7.tar.gz
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526513
Other Advisory URL: http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/81614/html2ps-1.0-beta5-File-Disclosure.html
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:161
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/05/1
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/05/5
Vendor URL: http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps.html
Packet Storm: http://www.packetstormsecurity.org/0909-exploits/html2ps-disclose.txt

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2012-10-11 | Disagree?

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