CVE-2011-4675

The pathname canonicalization functionality in io/filesystem/filesystem.cc in Widelands before 15.1 expands leading ~ (tilde) characters to home-directory pathnames but does not restrict use of these characters in strings received from the network, which might allow remote attackers to conduct absolute path traversal attacks and overwrite arbitrary files via a ~ in a pathname that is used for a file transfer in an Internet game, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1932.
References
Link Resource
http://bazaar.launchpad.net/~widelands-dev/widelands/build-15/revision/5021 Patch Release Notes Third Party Advisory
http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=617960 Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/71626 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build1:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build10:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build10_release_candidate:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build11:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build11_release_candidate:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build12:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build12_release_candidate:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build13:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build13_release_candidate:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build13_release_candidate2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build14:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build14_release_candidate:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build2:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build3:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build4:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build5:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build6:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build7:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build8:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:widelands:widelands:-:build9:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Information

Published : 2011-12-05 11:55

Updated : 2024-02-28 11:41


NVD link : CVE-2011-4675

Mitre link : CVE-2011-4675

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2011-4675


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Products Affected

widelands

  • widelands
CWE
CWE-22

Improper Limitation of a Pathname to a Restricted Directory ('Path Traversal')