Arch Linux Security Advisory ASA-201902-18
=========================================
Severity: High
Date    : 2019-02-16
CVE-ID  : CVE-2019-8358
Package : hiawatha
Type    : directory traversal
Remote  : Yes
Link    : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-900

Summary
======
The package hiawatha before version 10.8.4-1 is vulnerable to directory
traversal.

Resolution
=========
Upgrade to 10.8.4-1.

# pacman -Syu "hiawatha>=10.8.4-1"

The problem has been fixed upstream in version 10.8.4.

Workaround
=========
None.

Description
==========
In Hiawatha before 10.8.4 a remote attacker is able to do directory
traversal if AllowDotFiles is enabled.

Impact
=====
A remote attacker is able to read arbitrary files from a hiawatha
server.

References
=========
https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/changelog
https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-8358

ArchLinux: 201902-18: hiawatha: directory traversal

February 18, 2019

Summary

In Hiawatha before 10.8.4 a remote attacker is able to do directory traversal if AllowDotFiles is enabled.

Resolution

Upgrade to 10.8.4-1. # pacman -Syu "hiawatha>=10.8.4-1"
The problem has been fixed upstream in version 10.8.4.

References

https://www.hiawatha-webserver.org/changelog https://security.archlinux.org/CVE-2019-8358

Severity
Package : hiawatha
Type : directory traversal
Remote : Yes
Link : https://security.archlinux.org/AVG-900

Workaround

None.

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