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Security Advisories: MDE2OlNlY3VyaXR5QWR2aXNvcnlHSFNBLWc4d2YtcmNnMy1xdzRx

Directory Traversal in tinyserver2

Affected versions of tinyserver2 resolve relative file paths, resulting in a directory traversal vulnerability. A malicious actor can use this vulnerability to access files outside of the intended directory root, which may result in the disclosure of private files on the vulnerable system.

Example request:

GET /../../../../../../../../../../etc/passwd HTTP/1.1
host:foo

Recommendation

Update to v0.6.0 or later.

Permalink: https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8wf-rcg3-qw4q
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Source: GitHub Advisory Database
Origin: Unspecified
Severity: High
Classification: General
Published: over 6 years ago
Updated: about 1 year ago

Identifiers: GHSA-g8wf-rcg3-qw4q, CVE-2017-16085
References:

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-16085
• https://github.com/JacksonGL/NPM-Vuln-PoC/tree/master/directory-traversal/tinyserver2
• https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-g8wf-rcg3-qw4q
• https://www.npmjs.com/advisories/371

Blast Radius: 0.0

Affected Packages