SB2012011008 - Path traversal in libsoup (Alpine package)
Published: January 10, 2012
Security Bulletin ID
SB2012011008
Severity
Medium
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Path traversal (CVE-ID: CVE-2011-2524)
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in soup-uri.c in SoupServer in libsoup before 2.35.4. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2e%2e (encoded dot dot) in a URI.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.