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CVE-2016-1231

Date: January 12, 2016

Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in Prosody 0.9.x before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified path.

Language: LUA

Severity Score

Related Resources (11)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1231
https://prosody.im/issues/issue/520
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3439
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175829.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-1231
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-9-security-release/
https://people.canonical.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-1231
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20160108-1/
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/5
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175868.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2016-1231

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

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

CWE-22

CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): NONE
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): PARTIAL
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE
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