FKIE_CVE-2007-5685

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2007-10-28 17:08 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:46
Severity
Summary
The safe_path function in shttp before 0.0.5 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read files via a combination of ".." and sub-directory specifiers that resolve to a pathname that is at or below the same level as the web document root, but in a different part of the directory tree.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://osvdb.org/43607
cve@mitre.orghttp://serverkit.org/modules/contrib/shttp/shttp-0.0.5.tar.gzPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.digineo.co.uk/shttp_directory_traversalPatch
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482797/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26212Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37455
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://osvdb.org/43607
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://serverkit.org/modules/contrib/shttp/shttp-0.0.5.tar.gzPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.digineo.co.uk/shttp_directory_traversalPatch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482797/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/26212Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/37455
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
serverkit shttp *
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