Vulnerability CVE-2009-5067
Published: 2012-10-10

Description:
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.

Type:

CWE-22

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

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
4.3/10
2.9/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Html2ps project -> Html2ps 

 References:
http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps-1.0b7.tar.gz
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526513
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36524
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/05/5
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/05/1
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:161
http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/81614/html2ps-1.0-beta5-File-Disclosure.html
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548633
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