CVE-2008-0252

NameCVE-2008-0252
DescriptionDirectory 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-1481-1
Debian Bugs461069

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
cherrypy3 (PTS)bullseye8.9.1-8fixed
bookworm18.8.0-2fixed
sid, trixie18.10.0-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
cherrypy3source(unstable)3.0.2-2
python-cherrypysourceetch2.2.1-3etch1DSA-1481-1
python-cherrypysource(unstable)2.2.1-3.1low461069
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