The safe_path function in shttp before 0.0.5 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read files via a combination of ".." and sub-directory specifiers that resolve to a pathname that is at or below the same level as the web document root, but in a different part of the directory tree.
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-2007-5657 The safe_path function in shttp before 0.0.5 allows remote attackers to conduct directory traversal attacks and read files via a combination of ".." and sub-directory specifiers that resolve to a pathname that is at or below the same level as the web document root, but in a different part of the directory tree.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T15:39:13.666Z

Reserved: 2007-10-28T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2007-5685

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2007-10-28T17:08:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-09T00:30:58.490

Link: CVE-2007-5685

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