CVE-2016-1231

MEDIUM

Prosody <0.9.9 - Path Traversal

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the HTTP file-serving module (mod_http_files) in Prosody 0.9.x before 0.9.9 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a .. (dot dot) in an unspecified path.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Issue Tracking x_refsource_confirm
https://prosody.im/issues/issue/520
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://blog.prosody.im/prosody-0-9-9-security-release/
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://prosody.im/security/advisory_20160108-1/
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175868.html
Mailing List, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_fedora
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-January/175829.html
Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3439
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/01/08/5

Scores

CVSS v3 5.9
EPSS 0.0287
EPSS Percentile 85.1%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Details

CWE
CWE-22
Status published
Products (13)
debian/debian_linux 7.0
debian/debian_linux 8.0
fedoraproject/fedora 22
fedoraproject/fedora 23
prosody/prosody 0.9.0
prosody/prosody 0.9.1
prosody/prosody 0.9.2
prosody/prosody 0.9.3
prosody/prosody 0.9.4
prosody/prosody 0.9.5
... and 3 more
Published Jan 12, 2016
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026