PYSEC-2008-3

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    PYSEC-2008-3

    Published: 12 Jan 2008Last Modified: 10 Jun 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://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1774, http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1775, http://www.cherrypy.org/changeset/1776, http://www.cherrypy.org/ticket/744, https://bugs.gentoo.org/show_bug.cgi?id=204829, http://secunia.com/advisories/28354, https://issues.rpath.com/browse/RPL-2127, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27181, http://secunia.com/advisories/28611, http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200801-11.xml, http://secunia.com/advisories/28620, http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1481, http://secunia.com/advisories/28769, http://secunia.com/advisories/28353, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00297.html, https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-January/msg00240.html, http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0039, http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487001/100/0/threaded, https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-76x8-gg39-5jjg

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: cherrypy

    Purl: pkg:pypi/cherrypy

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.1.1

    Affected versions

    0.10

    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