[ASA-201902-18] hiawatha: directory traversal

[Jelle van der Waa]

Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201902-18
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Severity: High
Date    : 2019-02-16
CVE-ID  : CVE-2019-8358
Package : hiawatha
Type    : directory traversal
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-900

Summary
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The package hiawatha before version 10.8.4-1 is vulnerable to directory
traversal.

Resolution
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Upgrade to 10.8.4-1.

# pacman -Syu "hiawatha>=10.8.4-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 10.8.4.

Workaround
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None.

Description
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In Hiawatha before 10.8.4 a remote attacker is able to do directory
traversal if AllowDotFiles is enabled.

Impact
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A remote attacker is able to read arbitrary files from a hiawatha
server.

References
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https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/changelog
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-8358
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