- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - http://security.gentoo.org/ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Severity: Low Title: CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability Date: May 30, 2006 Bugs: #134273 ID: 200605-16 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Synopsis ======== CherryPy is vulnerable to a directory traversal that could allow attackers to read arbitrary files. Background ========== CherryPy is a Python-based, object-oriented web development framework. Affected packages ================= ------------------------------------------------------------------- Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected ------------------------------------------------------------------- 1 dev-python/cherrypy < 2.1.1 >= 2.1.1 Description =========== Ivo van der Wijk discovered that the "staticfilter" component of CherryPy fails to sanitize input correctly. Impact ====== An attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain arbitrary files from the web server. Workaround ========== There is no known workaround at this time. Resolution ========== All CherryPy users should upgrade to the latest version: # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cherrypy-2.1.1" References ========== [ 1 ] CVE-2006-0847 http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2006-0847 Availability ============ This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at the Gentoo Security Website: http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200605-16.xml Concerns? ========= Security is a primary focus of Gentoo Linux and ensuring the confidentiality and security of our users machines is of utmost importance to us. Any security concerns should be addressed to security@xxxxxxxxxx or alternatively, you may file a bug at http://bugs.gentoo.org. License ======= Copyright 2006 Gentoo Foundation, Inc; referenced text belongs to its owner(s). The contents of this document are licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike license. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.5
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