CVE-2016-1231

NameCVE-2016-1231
DescriptionDirectory 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.
SourceCVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)
ReferencesDSA-3439-1

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source PackageReleaseVersionStatus
prosody (PTS)buster, buster (security)0.11.2-1+deb10u4fixed
bullseye (security), bullseye0.11.9-2+deb11u2fixed
bookworm, sid0.12.3-1fixed

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

PackageTypeReleaseFixed VersionUrgencyOriginDebian Bugs
prosodysourcesqueeze(not affected)
prosodysourcewheezy0.8.2-4+deb7u3DSA-3439-1
prosodysourcejessie0.9.7-2+deb8u2DSA-3439-1
prosodysource(unstable)0.9.9-1

Notes

[squeeze] - prosody <not-affected> (Vulnerable code not present)
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20160108-1/
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