CVE-2009-5067

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    CVE-2009-5067

    Published: 10 Oct 2012Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Directory traversal vulnerability in html2ps before 1.0b6 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the "include file" SSI directive. NOTE: this issue only might be a vulnerability in limited scenarios, such as if html2ps is invoked by a web application, or if a user-assisted attacker provides filenames whose contents could cause a denial of service, such as certain devices.

    References: http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2012:161, http://packetstormsecurity.org/files/81614/html2ps-1.0-beta5-File-Disclosure.html, http://user.it.uu.se/~jan/html2ps-1.0b7.tar.gz, https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=526513, http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=548633, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/05/1, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/10/05/5, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36524

    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