Vulnerabilities > CVE-2006-0847 - Directory Traversal vulnerability in CherryPy StaticFilter

047910
CVSS 5.0 - MEDIUM
Attack vector
NETWORK
Attack complexity
LOW
Privileges required
NONE
Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL
Integrity impact
NONE
Availability impact
NONE
network
low complexity
cherrypy
nessus

Summary

Directory traversal vulnerability in the staticfilter component in CherryPy before 2.1.1 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ".." sequences in unspecified vectors.

Nessus

  • NASL familyGentoo Local Security Checks
    NASL idGENTOO_GLSA-200605-16.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200605-16 (CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability) Ivo van der Wijk discovered that the
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id21614
    published2006-05-31
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/21614
    titleGLSA-200605-16 : CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability
    code
    #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502
    #
    # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc.
    #
    # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
    # extracted from Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200605-16.
    #
    # The advisory text is Copyright (C) 2001-2015 Gentoo Foundation, Inc.
    # and licensed under the Creative Commons - Attribution / Share Alike 
    # license. See http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
    #
    
    include("compat.inc");
    
    if (description)
    {
      script_id(21614);
      script_version("1.14");
      script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/08/02 13:32:43");
    
      script_cve_id("CVE-2006-0847");
      script_xref(name:"GLSA", value:"200605-16");
    
      script_name(english:"GLSA-200605-16 : CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability");
      script_summary(english:"Checks for updated package(s) in /var/db/pkg");
    
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"synopsis", 
        value:
    "The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related
    patches."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"description", 
        value:
    "The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200605-16
    (CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability)
    
        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."
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"see_also",
        value:"https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200605-16"
      );
      script_set_attribute(
        attribute:"solution", 
        value:
    "All CherryPy users should upgrade to the latest version:
        # emerge --sync
        # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=dev-python/cherrypy-2.1.1'"
      );
      script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:cherrypy");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:gentoo:linux");
    
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2006/05/30");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2006/05/31");
      script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2006/01/10");
      script_end_attributes();
    
      script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
      script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2006-2019 Tenable Network Security, Inc.");
      script_family(english:"Gentoo Local Security Checks");
    
      script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
      script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Gentoo/release", "Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list");
    
      exit(0);
    }
    
    
    include("audit.inc");
    include("global_settings.inc");
    include("qpkg.inc");
    
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Gentoo");
    if (!get_kb_item("Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);
    
    
    flag = 0;
    
    if (qpkg_check(package:"dev-python/cherrypy", unaffected:make_list("ge 2.1.1"), vulnerable:make_list("lt 2.1.1"))) flag++;
    
    if (flag)
    {
      if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:qpkg_report_get());
      else security_warning(0);
      exit(0);
    }
    else
    {
      tested = qpkg_tests_get();
      if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
      else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, "CherryPy");
    }
    
  • NASL familyCGI abuses
    NASL idCHERRYPY_STATICFILTER_DIR_TRAVERSAL.NASL
    descriptionThe remote host is running CherryPy, a web server powered by Python. The installed version of CherryPy fails to filter directory traversal sequences from requests that pass through its
    last seen2020-06-01
    modified2020-06-02
    plugin id20961
    published2006-02-22
    reporterThis script is Copyright (C) 2006-2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.
    sourcehttps://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/20961
    titleCherryPy staticFilter Traversal Arbitrary File Access