Directory Traversal The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package yaws  (opens in a new tab)


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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1810-YAWS-661554
  • published10 Sept 2020
  • disclosed4 Nov 2010

Introduced: 4 Nov 2010

CVE-2010-4181  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-22  (opens in a new tab)

Amendment

The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:18.10.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream yaws package and not the yaws package as distributed by Ubuntu.

Directory traversal vulnerability in Yaws 1.89 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via ..\ (dot dot backslash) and other sequences.