CVE-2018-12542

State: Published
Severity: Not scored
Published: Oct 10, 2018
Updated: Aug 5, 2024
Reserved: Jun 18, 2018

Description

In version from 3.0.0 to 3.5.3 of Eclipse Vert.x, the StaticHandler uses external input to construct a pathname that should be within a restricted directory, but it does not properly neutralize '\' (forward slashes) sequences that can resolve to a location that is outside of that directory when running on Windows Operating Systems.

Scores

The record has no CVSS score.

Weaknesses

The record names no weakness.

Affected Products

Product	Versions
Eclipse Vert.xThe Eclipse Foundation	3.0 to before unspecifiedAffected 3.5.3 and earlierAffected

References

[pulsar-commits] 20201215 [GitHub] [pulsar] yanshuchong opened a new issue #8967: CVSS issue listmailing-list
https://github.com/vert-x3/vertx-web/issues/1025
https://bugs.eclipse.org/bugs/show_bug.cgi?id=539171

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