oss-security - Deluge: CVE-2017-9031: WebUI component: directory traversal vulnerability

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Date: Thu, 18 May 2017 22:31:47 +0200
From: Salvatore Bonaccorso <carnil@...ian.org>
To: OSS Security Mailinglist <oss-security@...ts.openwall.com>
Subject: Deluge: CVE-2017-9031: WebUI component: directory traversal
 vulnerability

Hi

CVE-2017-9031 was assigned for the following directory traversal issue
in Deluge's WebUI:

http://dev.deluge-torrent.org/wiki/ReleaseNotes/1.3.15

Quoting upstream announce:
> Highly recommended to upgrade to this release as it contains a
> directory traversal security fix that once again has the real
> potential to compromise your machine. 

The related commit is:

http://git.deluge-torrent.org/deluge/commit/?h=1.3-stable&id=41acade01ae88f7b7bbdba308a0886771aa582fd

which gives more information about the issue:

> [WebUI] Check render template files exist and raise 404 if not
> - Check render/* requests match to .html files in the 'render' dir
> - Protects against directory (path) traversal

Additional reference:
https://bugs.debian.org/862611

Regards,
Salvatore

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