Information Exposure Affecting gcdwebserver Open this link in a new tab package, versions <3.5.3
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
High
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snyk-id
SNYK-COCOAPODS-GCDWEBSERVER-472118
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published
9 Oct 2019
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disclosed
10 Aug 2019
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credit
SiOS-Submission
Introduced: 10 Aug 2019
CVE-2019-14924 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade GCDWebServer
to version 3.5.3 or higher.
Overview
GCDWebServer is a modern and lightweight GCD based HTTP 1.1 server designed to be embedded in iOS, macOS & tvOS apps.
Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Information Exposure. An issue was discovered in GCDWebServer before 3.5.3. The method moveItem in the GCDWebUploader class checks the FileExtension of newAbsolutePath but not oldAbsolutePath. By leveraging this vulnerability, an adversary can make an inaccessible file be available (the credential of the app, for instance).