GHSA-cpp2-q66x-fq44

Source

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cpp2-q66x-fq44

Import Source

https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/08/GHSA-cpp2-q66x-fq44/GHSA-cpp2-q66x-fq44.json

JSON Data

https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/GHSA-cpp2-q66x-fq44

Aliases

CVE-2017-16139

Published

2018-08-06T21:39:12Z

Modified

2023-11-08T03:59:07.163748Z

Summary

Directory Traversal in jikes

Details

Affected versions of jikes 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

No patch is available for this vulnerability.

It is recommended that the package is only used for local development, and if the functionality is needed for production, a different package is used instead.

Database specific

{
    "cwe_ids": [
        "CWE-22"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2020-06-16T21:32:12Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "MODERATE"
}

References

Affected packages

npm / jikes

Package

Name: jikes; View open source insights on deps.dev
Purl: pkg:npm/jikes

Affected ranges

Affected versions

0.*

0.0.1

Database specific

source

"https://github.com/github/advisory-database/blob/main/advisories/github-reviewed/2018/08/GHSA-cpp2-q66x-fq44/GHSA-cpp2-q66x-fq44.json"