Risk | Medium |
Patch available | NO |
Number of vulnerabilities | 1 |
CVE-ID | CVE-2016-1231 |
CWE-ID | CWE-22 |
Exploitation vector | Network |
Public exploit | N/A |
Vulnerable software Subscribe |
Fedora Operating systems & Components / Operating system Debian Linux Operating systems & Components / Operating system Prosody Server applications / Mail servers |
Vendor |
Fedoraproject Prosody Debian |
Security Bulletin
This security bulletin contains one medium risk vulnerability.
EUVDB-ID: #VU40527
Risk: Medium
CVSSv3.1: 5.4 [AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:U/RC:C]
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-1231
CWE-ID:
CWE-22 - Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
Exploit availability: No
DescriptionThe vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform directory traversal attacks.
The vulnerability exists due to input validation error when processing directory traversal sequences in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in Prosody 0.9.x before 0.9.9. A remote authenticated attacker can send a specially crafted HTTP request and remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a . (dot dot) in an unspecified path.
MitigationCybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.
Vulnerable software versionsFedora: 22 - 23
Prosody: 0.9.0 - 23
Debian Linux: 0.9.0 - 23
CPE2.3http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-9-security-release/
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175829.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175868.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3439
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/5
http://prosody.im/issues/issue/520
http://prosody.im/security/advisory_20160108-1/
Q & A
Can this vulnerability be exploited remotely?
Yes. This vulnerability can be exploited by a remote non-authenticated attacker via the Internet.
Is there known malware, which exploits this vulnerability?
No. We are not aware of malware exploiting this vulnerability.