CVE-2012-3521

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    CVE-2012-3521

    Published: 13 Jun 2014Last Modified: 10 Apr 2026

    Summary:

    Details: Multiple directory traversal vulnerabilities in the cssgen contrib module in GeSHi before 1.0.8.11 allow remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in the (1) geshi-path or (2) geshi-lang-path parameter.

    References: http://sourceforge.net/p/geshi/code/2507/, http://sourceforge.net/p/geshi/code/2507/, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105247.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105273.html, http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2013-May/105317.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/08/21/11, https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=685324

    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