Directory Traversal Affecting python-aiohttp package, versions <3.9.5-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Proof of concept
EPSS
8.79% (95th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN13-PYTHONAIOHTTP-6210121
  • published31 Jan 2024
  • disclosed29 Jan 2024

Introduced: 29 Jan 2024

CVE-2024-23334  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)
First added by Snyk

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:13 python-aiohttp to version 3.9.5-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream python-aiohttp package and not the python-aiohttp package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:13 relevant fixed versions and status.

aiohttp is an asynchronous HTTP client/server framework for asyncio and Python. When using aiohttp as a web server and configuring static routes, it is necessary to specify the root path for static files. Additionally, the option 'follow_symlinks' can be used to determine whether to follow symbolic links outside the static root directory. When 'follow_symlinks' is set to True, there is no validation to check if reading a file is within the root directory. This can lead to directory traversal vulnerabilities, resulting in unauthorized access to arbitrary files on the system, even when symlinks are not present. Disabling follow_symlinks and using a reverse proxy are encouraged mitigations. Version 3.9.2 fixes this issue.

CVSS Scores

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