PT-2017-8986 · Liferay · Liferay

Pietro Petrella · Published 2017-01-23 · Updated 2017-01-26 · CVE-2016-6517

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

9.8

Critical

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Liferay version 5.1.0

Description A directory traversal issue exists, allowing remote attackers to have an unspecified impact by providing a %2E%2E (encoded dot dot) in the minifierBundleDir parameter to the "barebone.jsp" endpoint.

Recommendations For Liferay version 5.1.0, as a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the "barebone.jsp" endpoint until a patch is available. Avoid using the minifierBundleDir parameter in the affected endpoint until the issue is resolved. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Path traversal

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-22

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-6517

Affected Products

Liferay

References · 5

• 🔥 http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/01/5 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-6517 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-6517 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/92215 · Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/08/02/1 · Note