CVE-2012-5641 (GCVE-0-2012-5641)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-03-18 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 21:14
VLAI
Summary
Directory traversal vulnerability in the partition2 function in mochiweb_util.erl in MochiWeb before 2.4.0, as used in Apache CouchDB before 1.0.4, 1.1.x before 1.1.2, and 1.2.x before 1.2.1, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the default URI.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57313 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2013/Jan/81 mailing-listx_refsource_FULLDISC
http://secunia.com/advisories/51765 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://github.com/mochi/mochiweb/issues/92 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
https://github.com/melkote/mochiweb/commit/ac2bf x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2013-01-14 00:00
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            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://secunia.com/advisories/51765"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/57313"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
            "url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/81240"
          },
          {
            "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108",
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            "url": "https://github.com/mochi/mochiweb/issues/92"
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        "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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            "source": "nvd@nist.gov",
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}



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