Directory Traversal Affecting erlang package, versions <1:23.1+dfsg-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.46% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-ERLANG-1015522
  • published3 Oct 2020
  • disclosed2 Oct 2020

Introduced: 2 Oct 2020

CVE-2020-25623  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:unstable erlang to version 1:23.1+dfsg-1 or higher.

NVD Description

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

Erlang/OTP 22.3.x before 22.3.4.6 and 23.x before 23.1 allows Directory Traversal. An attacker can send a crafted HTTP request to read arbitrary files, if httpd in the inets application is used.

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