CVE-2008-0252

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    CVE-2008-0252

    Published: 12 Jan 2008Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: http://secunia.com/advisories/28353, http://secunia.com/advisories/28354, http://secunia.com/advisories/28611, http://secunia.com/advisories/28620, http://secunia.com/advisories/28769, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-11.xml, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1481, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0039, http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1774, http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1775, http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1776, http://www.cherrypy.org/ticket/744, http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1774, http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1775, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487001/100/0/threaded, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27181, https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204829, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2127, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00240.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00297.html

    Affected packages

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High