CVE-2011-2524

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in soup-uri.c in SoupServer in libsoup before 2.35.4 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a %2e%2e (encoded dot dot) in a URI.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.60%
Vendor Advisory fedoraproject.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
http://secunia.com/advisories/47299 third party advisory
http://git.gnome.org/browse/libsoup/tree/NEWS
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2011-August/063431.html vendor advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-1102.html vendor advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025864 vdb entry
http://www.debian.org/security/2011/dsa-2369 vendor advisory
https://bugzilla.gnome.org/show_bug.cgi?id=653258 patch
http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1181-1 vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2011-2524?
CVE-2011-2524 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2011-2524?
To fix CVE-2011-2524, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2011-2524 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2011-2524 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~1% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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