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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.15621
Category:Gain a shell remotely
Title:Cherokee directory traversal flaw
Summary:The remote version of Cherokee is vulnerable to directory; traversal flaw when appending a '../' sequence to the web request.;; Additionally, this version fails to drop root privileges after it binds; to listen port.
Description:Summary:
The remote version of Cherokee is vulnerable to directory
traversal flaw when appending a '../' sequence to the web request.

Additionally, this version fails to drop root privileges after it binds
to listen port.

Vulnerability Impact:
Remote attacker can then submit specially crafted web request to
browse any file on the server with root privileges.

Solution:
Upgrade to Cherokee 0.2.8 or newer.

CVSS Score:
7.8

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2001-1432
BugTraq ID: 3772
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3772
CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#464827
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/464827
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/vulnwatch/2001-q4/0085.html
XForce ISS Database: cherokee-http-directory-traversal(7799)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7799
CopyrightCopyright (C) 2004 David Maciejak

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