Cherokee URI Directory Traversal Vulnerability and Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	40831
Class:	Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Jun 14 2010 12:00AM
Updated:	Jun 14 2010 12:00AM
Credit:	Pouya Daneshmand
Vulnerable:	Cherokee Cherokee HTTPD 0.5.3
Not Vulnerable:

Cherokee URI Directory Traversal Vulnerability and Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Cherokee is prone to a directory-traversal vulnerability and an information-disclosure vulnerability because the application fails to sufficiently sanitize user-supplied input.

Exploiting the issues may allow an attacker to obtain sensitive information that could aid in further attacks.

Cherokee 0.5.4 and prior versions are vulnerable.

Cherokee URI Directory Traversal Vulnerability and Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit these issues via a browser.

The following example URIs are available:

http://www.example.com/index.htm%20
http://www.example.com/%5C../%5C../%5C../boot.ini%20

Cherokee URI Directory Traversal Vulnerability and Information Disclosure Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Cherokee URI Directory Traversal Vulnerability and Information Disclosure Vulnerability

References:

• Cherokee Homepage (Cherokee)
  
• Cherokee Web Server 0.5.3 Multiple Vulnerabilities ([email protected])