CVE DATABASE / CVE-2014-6394
CVE-2014-6394
CVSS 7.5 · HIGH
Summary
visionmedia send before 0.8.4 for Node.js uses a partial comparison for verifying whether a directory is within the document root, which allows remote attackers to access restricted directories, as demonstrated using "public-restricted" under a "public" directory.
CVSS 2.0 breakdown
| Base score | 7.5 (HIGH) |
| Vector | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
| Attack vector | NETWORK |
| Attack complexity | LOW |
| Confidentiality | PARTIAL |
| Integrity | PARTIAL |
| Availability | PARTIAL |
Weakness type (CWE)
Affected products
Fedoraproject fedoraApple xcodeJoyent node.js
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References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Sep/msg00002.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/139938.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-October/140020.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2014-September/139415.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62170
- http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21687263
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/24/1
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/09/30/10
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/70100
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1146063
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/96727
- https://github.com/visionmedia/send/commit/9c6ca9b2c0b880afd3ff91ce0d211213c5fa5f9a
- https://github.com/visionmedia/send/pull/59
- https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/send-directory-traversal
- https://support.apple.com/HT205217
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