CVE-2014-9707

Description

EmbedThis GoAhead 3.0.0 through 3.4.1 does not properly handle path segments starting with a . (dot), which allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks, cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer overflow and crash), or possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted URI.

Predictions

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No vendor mitigations ingested yet for this CVE. The mitigation-content worker queues fetches as references arrive — check back in a few minutes, or see the references list below.

References

• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131156/GoAhead-3.4.1-Heap-Overflow-Traversal.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/157
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535027/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032208
• https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/commit/eed4a7d177bf94a54c7b06ccce88507fbd76fb77
• https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/106
• http://packetstormsecurity.com/files/131156/GoAhead-3.4.1-Heap-Overflow-Traversal.html
• http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2015/Mar/157
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/535027/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1032208
• https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/commit/eed4a7d177bf94a54c7b06ccce88507fbd76fb77
• https://github.com/embedthis/goahead/issues/106

CWEs

CWE-17