1. Gentoo Linux Security Advisory
| Advisory Reference | GLSA 200605-16 / cherrypy |
| Release Date | May 30, 2006 |
| Latest Revision | May 30, 2006: 01 |
| Impact | low |
| Exploitable | remote |
| Package | Vulnerable versions | Unaffected versions | Architecture(s) |
| dev-python/cherrypy | < 2.1.1 | >= 2.1.1 | All supported architectures |
Related bugreports: #134273
CherryPy is vulnerable to a directory traversal that could allow attackers to read arbitrary files.
CherryPy is a Python-based, object-oriented web development framework.
Ivo van der Wijk discovered that the "staticfilter" component of CherryPy fails to sanitize input correctly.
An attacker could exploit this flaw to obtain arbitrary files from the web server.
There is no known workaround at this time.
All CherryPy users should upgrade to the latest version:
Code Listing 3.1: Resolution |
# emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose ">=dev-python/cherrypy-2.1.1" |