Vulnerability CVE-2008-0252
Published: 2008-01-11   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-22

 (Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal'))

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Cherrypy -> Cherrypy 

 References:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-11.xml
http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1774
http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1775
http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1776
http://www.cherrypy.org/ticket/744
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1481
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487001/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27181
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0039
https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204829
https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2127
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00240.html
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00297.html
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