--nextPart15421851.i8dofBy3K0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200801-11
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
http://security.gentoo.org/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Severity: Normal
Title: CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability
Date: January 27, 2008
Bugs: #204829
ID: 200801-11
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Synopsis
========
CherryPy is vulnerable to a directory traversal that could allow
attackers to read and write arbitrary files.
Background
==========
CherryPy is a Python-based, object-oriented web development framework.
Affected packages
=================
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 dev-python/cherrypy < 3.0.2-r1 *>= 2.2.1-r2
>= 3.0.2-r1
Description
===========
CherryPy does not sanitize the session id, provided as a cookie value,
in the FileSession._get_file_path() function before using it as part of
the file name.
Impact
======
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read and possibly
write arbitrary files on the web server, or to hijack valid sessions,
by providing a specially crafted session id. This only affects
applications using file-based sessions.
Workaround
==========
Disable the "FileSession" functionality by using "PostgresqlSession" or
"RamSession" session management in your CherryPy application.
Resolution
==========
All CherryPy 2.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cherrypy-2.2.1-r2"
All CherryPy 3.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cherrypy-3.0.2-r1"
References
==========
[ 1 ] CVE-2008-0252
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0252
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-11.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
or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
Copyright 2008 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
--nextPart15421851.i8dofBy3K0
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc
Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQBHnLB1yZx3L/ph1soRAnweAJ9VYsTrS4e+hENNmgiQ9D9JlLIV5ACglNFc
DH0BZ4HCW1VDle37KKT4jPI=
=dXNq
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--nextPart15421851.i8dofBy3K0
Content-Type: text/plain;
charset="us-ascii"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit
Content-Disposition: inline
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Gentoo Linux Security Advisory GLSA 200801-11
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
http://security.gentoo.org/
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Severity: Normal
Title: CherryPy: Directory traversal vulnerability
Date: January 27, 2008
Bugs: #204829
ID: 200801-11
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Synopsis
CherryPy is vulnerable to a directory traversal that could allow
attackers to read and write arbitrary files.
Background
==========
CherryPy is a Python-based, object-oriented web development framework.
Affected packages
=================
-------------------------------------------------------------------
Package / Vulnerable / Unaffected
-------------------------------------------------------------------
1 dev-python/cherrypy < 3.0.2-r1 *>= 2.2.1-r2
>= 3.0.2-r1
Description
===========
CherryPy does not sanitize the session id, provided as a cookie value,
in the FileSession._get_file_path() function before using it as part of
the file name.
Impact
======
A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to read and possibly
write arbitrary files on the web server, or to hijack valid sessions,
by providing a specially crafted session id. This only affects
applications using file-based sessions.
Workaround
==========
Disable the "FileSession" functionality by using "PostgresqlSession" or
"RamSession" session management in your CherryPy application.
Resolution
==========
All CherryPy 2.2 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cherrypy-2.2.1-r2"
All CherryPy 3.0 users should upgrade to the latest version:
# emerge --sync
# emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cherrypy-3.0.2-r1"
References
==========
[ 1 ] CVE-2008-0252
http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2008-0252
Availability
============
This GLSA and any updates to it are available for viewing at
the Gentoo Security Website:
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-11.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
or alternatively, you may file a bug at
http://bugs.gentoo.org.
License
=======
Copyright 2008 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
--nextPart15421851.i8dofBy3K0
Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name=signature.asc
Content-Description: This is a digitally signed message part.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v2.0.7 (GNU/Linux)
iD8DBQBHnLB1yZx3L/ph1soRAnweAJ9VYsTrS4e+hENNmgiQ9D9JlLIV5ACglNFc
DH0BZ4HCW1VDle37KKT4jPI=
=dXNq
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----
--nextPart15421851.i8dofBy3K0--
--
mailing list
