National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2012-1050

Overview

Directory traversal vulnerability in Mathopd 1.4.x and 1.5.x before 1.5p7, when configured with the * construct for mass virtual hosting, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted Host header.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: mathopd-http-directory-traversal(73049)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/73049

External Source: SECTRACK

Name: 1026641

Hyperlink:http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026641

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://www.mathopd.org/security.html

Hyperlink:http://www.mathopd.org/security.html

External Source: MLIST

Name: [mathopd] 20120202 security alert: directory traversal when using * in Location

Hyperlink:http://www.mail-archive.com/mathopd%40mathopd.org/msg00392.html

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 47908

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/47908

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 78896

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/78896

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20120203 Mathopd - Directory Traversal Vulnerability

Hyperlink:http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2012-02/0025.html