PT-2017-5885 · St · St

Published 2017-10-23 · Updated 2020-08-31 · CVE-2014-3744

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: st versions prior to 0.2.5

Description: A directory traversal issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2e%2e (encoded dot dot) in an unspecified path. The vulnerability is caused by the failure to properly handle URL encoded dots, which are interpreted as dots by the filesystem, potentially allowing an attacker to read sensitive files on the server.

Recommendations: Update to version 0.2.5 or later.

Fix

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-3744

GHSA-69RR-WVH9-6C4Q

Affected Products

St

References · 13

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2014-3744 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-3744 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-69rr-wvh9-6c4q · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2014-3744 · Security Note
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2014-3744 · Vendor Advisory
• https://github.com/isaacs/st · Note
• https://github.com/isaacs/st#security-status · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/13/1 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/15/2 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/67389 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2014/05/14 · Note
• https://npmjs.com/advisories/36 · Note
• https://nodesecurity.io/advisories/st_directory_traversal · Note