CVE-2008-0252

Name	CVE-2008-0252
Description	Directory traversal vulnerability in the _get_file_path function in (1) lib/sessions.py in CherryPy 3.0.x up to 3.0.2, (2) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.1, and (3) filter/sessionfilter.py in CherryPy 2.x allows remote attackers to create or delete arbitrary files, and possibly read and write portions of arbitrary files, via a crafted session id in a cookie.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
References	DSA-1481-1
Debian Bugs	461069

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
cherrypy3 (PTS)	buster	8.9.1-2	fixed
	bullseye	8.9.1-8	fixed
	bookworm	18.8.0-2	fixed
	sid, trixie	18.9.0-2	fixed
python-cherrypy (PTS)	buster	2.3.0-5	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
cherrypy3	source	(unstable)	3.0.2-2
python-cherrypy	source	etch	2.2.1-3etch1		DSA-1481-1
python-cherrypy	source	(unstable)	2.2.1-3.1	low		461069