CVE-2008-4129 (GCVE-0-2008-4129)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-09-18 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:08
VLAI
Summary
Gallery before 1.5.9, and 2.x before 2.2.6, does not properly handle ZIP archives containing symbolic links, which allows remote authenticated users to conduct directory traversal attacks and read arbitrary files via vectors related to the archive upload (aka zip upload) functionality.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
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http://secunia.com/advisories/33144 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://secunia.com/advisories/31912 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/32662 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31231 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery_2.2.6_released x_refsource_CONFIRM
http://gallery.menalto.com/gallery_1.5.9_released x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-an… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_FEDORA
Date Public
2008-09-18 00:00
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