PT-2006-3757 · Webwork · Webwork Online Homework Delivery System

Published 2006-06-06 · Updated 2017-07-20 · CVE-2006-2839

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions WeBWorK Online Homework Delivery System versions 2.2.0 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read and write files outside of the templates directory due to a directory traversal vulnerability in the PG Problem Editor module.

Recommendations For WeBWorK Online Homework Delivery System versions 2.2.0 and earlier, update to a version later than 2.2.0 to resolve the issue.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-2839

Affected Products

Webwork Online Homework Delivery System

References · 7

• http://secunia.com/advisories/20405 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-2839 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/26975 · Note
• http://devel.webwork.rochester.edu/twiki/bin/view/Webwork/WeBWorKRelease2pt2pt1 · Note
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=421453 · Note
• http://sourceforge.net/mailarchive/forum.php?thread_id=10201693&forum_id=43257 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2086 · Note