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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
Up to 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
Up to 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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