Medium severity · published Jan 12, 2016
CVE-2016-1231
Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in Prosody 0.9.x before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a
5.9
CVSS
2.9%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in Prosody 0.9.x before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified path.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
High
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)2.9% · higher than 87% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0 · source: NVD
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
22; 23 · source: NVD
PR
Prosody · Prosody
0.9.0; 0.9.1; 0.9.2; 0.9.3; 0.9.4; 0.9.5; +3 more · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-1231
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-1231
Patch
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-9-security-release/
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175829.html
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175868.html
www.debian.org
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3439
www.openwall.com
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/5
prosody.im
https://prosody.im/issues/issue/520
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