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CVE-2012-5641

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Published: Mar 18, 2014Modified: May 6, 2026

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5.0
Vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Exploitability: 10.0 / Impact: 2.9
Source: NVD

Description

Directory traversal vulnerability in the partition2 function in mochiweb_util.erl in MochiWeb before 2.4.0, as used in Apache CouchDB before 1.0.4, 1.1.x before 1.1.2, and 1.2.x before 1.2.1, allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a ..\ (dot dot backslash) in the default URI.

Affected (13)

Apache
1 product
Couchdb
Mochiweb Project
1 product
Mochiweb
Configuration A
13 vulnerable
Vulnerable SoftwareAffected Versions
Apache
Couchdb
version ≤ 1.0.3
Couchdb
Version 1.0.0
Couchdb
Version 1.0.1
Couchdb
Version 1.0.2
Couchdb
Version 1.1.0
Couchdb
Version 1.1.1
Couchdb
Version 1.2.0
Mochiweb Project
Mochiweb
version ≤ 2.3.2
Mochiweb
Version 2.1.0
Mochiweb
Version 2.2.0
Mochiweb
Version 2.2.1
Mochiweb
Version 2.3.0
Mochiweb
Version 2.3.1

Related CWEs

CWE-22
Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')
The product uses external input to construct a pathname that is intended to identify a file or directory that is located underneath a restricted parent directory, but the product does not properly neutralize special elements within the pathname that can cause the pathname to resolve to a location that is outside of the restricted directory.

References (12)

Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: secalert@redhat.com
ExploitPatch
Source: secalert@redhat.com
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
ExploitPatch
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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